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Friday, February 14, 2014

Transatomic Power presents their molten salt reactor at Google Solve for X 2014

Transatomic Power is developing a molten salt reactor. They are using
a zirconium hydride moderator instead of graphite. They also use a
different salt. They presented at Google Solve for X 2014. They would
use 75 times more of the uranium than a conventional reactor. They
could use current high level nuclear waste for energy at about the
$500/kg cost  that has been set aside by the US laws on nuclear waste
management.

http://nextbigfuture.com/2014/02/transatomic-presents-their-molten-salt.html

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