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Why pyroprocessing could be a game changer for nuclear waste recycling

On December 20, 1951, the Experimental Breeder Reactor-I (EBR-I) in Idaho became the first nuclear reactor in the…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/us/689648/

An experimental molten-salt research reactor went critical in 1965, and was operated until 1969.

"China has been quietly reviving this abandoned technology since 2011. Xu said construction of the experimental reactor in the Gobi Desert began in 2018. […] Technical hurdles remain significant": https://www.neimagazine.com/news/china-refuels-thorium-reactor-without-shutdown/

#nuclear #energy #thorium #moltenSalt #moltenSaltReactor

#MoltenSalt #nuclearreactor slated to power #Google #datacenters in #2030
More than 60 years after first demos of this tech, #Kairos will bring it back to #OakRidge
The small modular reactor startup, along with the #TennesseeValleyAuthority (TVA), one of the largest utilities in the country, aim to bring 50 megawatts of #nuclear power to #Tennessee. https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/18/google_smr_datacenters/

Really interesting talk by Copenhagen Atomics on their first Thorium Molten Salt Test Reactor they intend to ship to the Hot Lab at the Paul Sherrer Institute for study in 2026.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVue7cgmM00

#Nuclear #MoltenSalt

@JohnnyDoesntCare @noirdame @kcarr2015 I was actually thinking about a homemade Thorium reactor and I wasn't dven watc.... nuthin #MoltenSalt #MondayActionMovie

I wonder how much #taxpayer money #BillGates is getting for #TerraPower (even though he could fund it himself if he wanted to).

#Nuclear power: Why #MoltenSalt reactors are problematic and Canada investing in them is a waste

Published: September 14, 2021

"As a physicist who has analyzed different nuclear reactor designs, including small modular reactors, I believe that molten salt reactors are unlikely to be successfully deployed anytime soon. #MSRs face difficult technical problems, and cannot be counted on to produce electricity consistently.

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"Should an #MSR be built, it will also saddle society with the challenge of dealing with the radioactive waste it will produce. This is especially difficult for MSRs because the waste is in chemical forms that are 'not known to occur in nature' and it is unclear 'which, if any, disposal environment could accommodate this high-level waste.' The Union of Concerned Scientists has also detailed the safety and security risks associated with MSR designs."

https://theconversation.com/nuclear-power-why-molten-salt-reactors-are-problematic-and-canada-investing-in-them-is-a-waste-167019

#MSRHype #NoNukes #NoNewNukes

🔬 MoltexFLEX publishes research on graphite interaction with molten salt

https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/MoltexFLEX-publishes-research-on-graphite-interact?feed=feed

#nuclear #technology #moltex #uk #moltensalt #energy

🔌 Moltex recycling process granted Canadian patent

(… I was fortunate to get a chance to speak at the first Thorium Energy confernce; I have been following the MSR story ever since and I am excited about Moltex because they seem to have found answers to all the difficult questions around MSRs)

https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Moltex-recycling-process-granted-Canadian-patent?feed=feed

#nuclear #energy #canada #moltensalt #moltex

A new paper I had the pleasure to collaborate on: "An electrochemical mesoscale tool for modeling the corrosion of structural alloys by molten salt", https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1gApu54hEL-Js #corrosion #modeling #PhaseField #MoltenSalt #mesoscale #MOOSE #microstructure