U.S. NRC Approves First Molten Salt Reactor in 50 Years, Here's Why It's a Huge Deal

By most ostensible measures, molten salt-based nuclear fission reactors could dramatically change the global energy grid years or even decades before the first commercial fusion reactor is ready for service. But over 50 years after America's first molten salt reactor experiment at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, a California-based startup called Kairos Power LLC seems dead-set on changing narratives. Thanks to a newl... (continue reading...)