More information: Dmitry S. Maltsev et al, Transient Covalency in Molten Uranium(III) Chloride, Journal of the American ...

Unlike today’s models, a molten-salt reactor uses a liquid uranium salt as fuel, allowing for easier extraction of fission by-products. It has a containment system that kicks in when the plant ...

The use of nuclear energy could experience a turning point through the use of SMRs.

Molten salt reactors (MSRs) are seen in some countries as a ... These reactors can adapt to a variety of nuclear fuel cycles (such as Uranium-Plutonium and Thorium-Uranium cycles), which allow for the ...

Natura Resources (Natura) is proud to announce the deployment of two advanced nuclear projects in Texas, aimed at enhancing energy security and reliability for the rapidly growing state. These ...

Finally, fuel lamination took place, and the molten corium penetrated the floors and solidified. The corium at Chernobyl consists of uranium dioxide fuel, zircaloy cladding, concrete, and the ...

Thorium can generate more fissile material (uranium-233) than it consumes while fuelling a water cooled or molten salt reactor, and it generates fewer long-lived minor actinides than plutonium fuels.