DoE digs up molten salt nuclear reactor tech, taps Los Alamos to lead the way back
After more than 50 years, molten salt nuclear reactors might be making a comeback. The US Department of Energy has tapped Los Alamos National Laboratory to lead a $9.25 million study into the structural properties and materials necessary to build them at scale.
Unlike conventional fission reactors, which rely on large quantities of water for cooling and power generation, molten salt reactors – as their name suggests – utilize metallic fluoride salts for the nuclear fuel and coolant. In these reactors water is only used to generate power.
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