What if the next big thing in nuclear energy was a dusty old idea from the Cold War era? Once considered to power nuclear bombers, Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) are in the spotlight, promising safer, ...

This marks the first time anyone has successfully reloaded fuel in an operational thorium molten salt reactor (MSR) without ...

This coupled model—incorporating neutron kinetics, thermal hydraulics, xenon behavior, and void transport—has been validated using experimental data from the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment ...

Chinese scientists have refuelled an experimental thorium-fueled molten salt reactor continuously without shutting it down.

In a remote region of the Gobi Desert, China has successfully launched a nuclear experiment that could alter the global energy landscape. Chinese scientists have achieved what no other country has: ...

Abilene Christian University and Texas A&M are leading what could be a resurgence in nuclear power in Texas. The long-dormant ...

Chinese scientists achieved a breakthrough in clean energy technology by adding fresh fuel to an operational thorium reactor.

ABILENE — A novel experiment underway in West Texas could ... as a research vehicle to prove whether its concept — a molten salt reactor — is viable. The small reactor, only the second ...

China has successfully tested the world’s first industrial thorium nuclear reactor on molten salts.