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Molten Salt Reactors Just Cleared A Major U.S. Regulatory Hurdle

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9d ago Korean Containership with Molten Salt Nuclear Reactor Gets ABS Approval - Maritime Executive ×2 +2.5
10d ago The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute developed the marine-specific molten salt reactor technology called MARINA. The project team plans to continue refining how the reactor connects to the sh… ×2 +4.0
10d ago The approval confirms the design's theoretical feasibility under current maritime safety standards but does not authorize construction of an actual ship. The molten salt reactor operates using liqu… ×2 +2.0
10d ago A conceptual design for a nuclear-powered container ship has received Approval in Principle from the American Bureau of Shipping. The 15,000-TEU vessel uses molten salt reactor technology developed… ×2 +3.5
10d ago Korea's molten salt nuclear-powered container ship design wins US approval - The Korea Times www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/tech-… ×2 +5.8
10d ago Korea's molten salt nuclear-powered container ship design wins US approval - The Korea Times https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/tech-science/20260716/koreas-molten-salt-nuclear-powered-container… ×2 +6.0
10d ago Korean Containership with Molten Salt Nuclear Reactor Gets ABS Approval maritime-executive.com/article/kore... #NuclearEnergy #Fuusiovoima #CriticalInfrastructure ×2 +6.5
10d ago Kairos Power has started construction on Hermes 2 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The molten salt reactor will supply power to Google data centers under a 500 MW agreement. ×2 +5.0
10d ago Kairos Power breaks ground on Hermes 2, a next-gen molten salt nuclear reactor in Tennessee to power Google's energy-hungry AI data centers. First Next-Gen Nuclear Reactor Evidence: carbon-free po… ×2 +6.0
11d ago [1/2] 2026-07-16 16:57:56 - [CGN’s “Yuan Yao No. 1” photothermal molten salt tank collector model released] Reporters learned from China General Nuclear Power Group that on July 16, the world’s fir… ×2 +5.5
11d ago We could always do thorium in a molten chloride fast reactor with no isolation of Protactinium 233 and thus no possibility of diverting weapons grade material. IINM the same type of reactor could … +2.0
10d ago Salt isn't exactly nuclear waste. Not only does it have industrial uses (hello sodium batteries! I'm very surprised at how effecient they're proving to be) but you can literally do the nuclear wast… ×2 +2.0
10d ago @adamaddict.bsky.social Look at these 2 stories occurring just prior 2024 Vote(like the Salt Typhoon Hack/Russian Satellite upgrades made by Xi):Musk/India/armed Militant disruptors/$43B in Meth/a… ×2 -8.5
10d ago I have a bud that worked at Terrapower on the flouro salt reactors, really cool shit, not what nuclear power was during the envelope to sell it. ×2 +3.0
11d ago The answer is no. Hell no. Fuck no. Nuke a bridge and salt the fucking earth no. And then you punch them -9.5
9d ago The answer is nuclear reactors They can be larger or the new small ones but that's the only way we can get enough power to stop using coal and oil for energy production +6.0
9d ago PhD Position Advanced Lattice Boltzmann Methods for Multiphysics Simulations of Nuclear Reactors https://www.academictransfer.com/362742/ @TUDelft +4.0
9d ago New Jersey Bets Big on Small Nuclear Reactors ->Oilprice.com | More on "New Jersey small modular reactors" at BigEarthData.ai +3.0
9d ago i can hear ya thinkin- they haven't mastered their other $tuff- mebbe they shouldn't do ai- nukes... (even eli lilly announced getting into nukes... sigh).all us reactors have leaked "under normal… -6.5
9d ago https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/New-Jersey-Bets-Big-on-Small-Nuclear-Reactors.html ×2 +2.0
9d ago Indiana wants nuclear reactors because the energy grid doesn't produce enough power. I get the feeling there might be one built somewhere on Lake Michigan based on the water available for cooling … +0.5
9d ago The law prioritizes advanced reactor technologies like small modular reactors, known for passive safety features and flexible output, as data centers and AI infrastructure drive rising electricity … +5.0
9d ago There’s probably a world where nuclear power is the best and least expensive option, we just haven’t managed to find it. I’m not against it by any means, I just think its time has likely passed. … ×2 +1.0
9d ago For some reason they asked me to give a talk to the fast stream intake when they visited BEIS: "Welcome to a department which has two supercomputers, an Antarctic base, an icebreaker, two submarin… +1.5
9d ago Are you for the hyper mobile ones, or slow moving nuclear reactors that are cyllander shaped? +0.5
9d ago Now, that's just the small reactors. The level 2 reactors are a bit more complex-- Hold up now, training time has not been authorized. Who cares about level 2 reactors? Once you've seen one reactor… ×2 -1.5
10d ago The renewables projects canceled because of Republican policies amounted to roughly 7 gigawatts that would have come online last year, according to Wood Mackenzie. That’s roughly equivalent to seve… -4.5
10d ago Great British Energy - Nuclear has marked further progress towards delivering the UK’s first fleet of small modular reactors at Wylfa on Anglesey www.insidermedia.com/news/wales/u... +7.0
10d ago "MARVEL, a creative acronym meaning Microreactor Applications Research Validation and EvaLuation, is a trail blazing reactor development program designed to help the Idaho National Laboratory (INL)… +6.0
10d ago Germany switching off its nuclear reactors was extremely dumb. -7.0

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