China has reportedly achieved the world's first successful thorium-to-uranium fuel conversion in an operational molten salt ...

Company has leased the Utah San Rafael Energy Lab (USREL) in central Utah, expanding its molten salt reactor (MSR) program beyond research-grade testing and fuel qualification to accelerate deployment ...

China has unveiled plans for a groundbreaking cargo ship that could change the future of global shipping. The vessel is set ...

Molten salt reactors could become a cornerstone of the future nuclear energy industry, allowing companies to generate carbon-free power in a safe and efficient way. But first, researchers have to ...

ThorConIsle is an offshore 500-MWe thorium molten salt reactor constructed inside a ship’s hull, ready to provide power from navigable waterways. The ThorCon “pot” operates at a pressure of 3 bar ...

When the National Ignition Facility in Livermore, CA, achieved a fusion energy gain factor of 1.6 on a test of its laser-based fusion reactor, the response was either utter elation or jaded skepticism ...

Molten Salt Market to reach USD 19.0 Million by 2035 at a CAGR of 9.5% from 2025–2035, driven by rising renewable energy ...

POCATELLO — When developing advanced designs for nuclear reactors, maximizing the transfer of heat provided by nuclear fuel is the name of the game. It’s this transfer of heat that leads to generating ...

Although to most the term ‘fission reactor’ brings to mind something close to the commonly operated light-water reactors (LWRs) which operate using plain water (H 2 O) as coolant and with sluggish, ...

Molten salt reactors, a scientific innovation previously passed over by the Department of Energy, are gaining momentum as the next "big thing" in clean energy production. The Oak Ridge National ...

Unlike Nuclear fusion which has never had net generation of power, molten salt nuclear fission power had 2.5 megawatts of net power generation from a US nuclear prototype back in the 1960s. The US ...