A Russian company has developed a production process for lithium-7 fluoride. Lithium-7 fluoride, to be used in the molten salt reactor, is produced by solid-phase synthesis. The development is crucial ...

Several shipping giants have been toying with the idea of outfitting future vessels with smaller, more advanced nuclear ...

The US Department of Energy's approval of the Nuclear Safety Design Agreement for Natura Resources' demonstration reactor is a key milestone towards first deployment of the advanced, liquid-fuelled ...

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, ...

The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has cleared a major hurdle in making a Generation IV nuclear reactor practical. Using a new process, a team has developed a new way of processing fuel efficiently ...

Electrochemical reduction in molten salts has emerged as a transformative route for the extraction and refinement of metals and semiconductors. By dissolving metal oxides, sulfides or other precursor ...

Terrestrial Energy USA, a company that is developing a fourth-generation molten salt nuclear reactor, has joined forces with Southern Co. and several U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national labs, in ...

A molten salt method developed by researchers at UChicago and Argonne could enable more durable materials for printed ...

From Nevada to Manchester, developers are trialling innovative solutions to clean energy’s biggest challenge ...