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First US molten salt reactor in over 50 years to be built (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 2 years ago by lntl@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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One study suggested that the reactors could produce more nuclear waste than current systems and that they "will use highly corrosive and pyrophoric fuels and coolants that, following irradiation, will become highly radioactive."

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[-] reddig33@lemmy.world -4 points 2 years ago

Why can’t this country build a modern reactor? Why do we keep investing in outdated, polluting-style nuclear energy?

[-] lntl@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Sounds like it will be a "modern" reactor that uses molten salt as coolant instead of water. I wonder what they'll make the coolant loops out of: steel glows at 900 deg Freedom.