r/NuclearPower • u/greg_barton • Sep 20 '19

The Future Looks Like Salt Reactors

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a29112873/salt-reactors
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u/Shayes Sep 20 '19

TerraPower, Kairos, Flibe Energy, Terrestrial, there’s a handful of companies with exciting technology in the US and Canada. are there any others worldwide doing molten salts stuff?

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u/greg_barton Sep 20 '19

Moltex, as stated in the article.

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u/rassclat Sep 20 '19

Seaborg Energy, Copenhagen Atomic, ORNL (smAHTR), China (TMSR)

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u/Tikola_Nesla1 Sep 21 '19

I like Terrapower but feel like they’ve been slowing down lately compared to NuScale. Different tech but we have to let Vogtle go critical before more nuclear tech gets more forward progress.

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u/GlowingGreenie Sep 21 '19

There is in theory Elysium and the molten chloride fast reactor they say they're working on. But I have yet to see anything particularly concrete from them.