The US wants to build a different kind of nuclear reactor from a decades-old concept that could power ships and other off-the-grid locations

The US wants to build a different kind of nuclear reactor from a decades-old concept that could power ships and other off-the-grid locations

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Molten salts are used as coolants in the Papirus installation at CEA Cadarache in Saint-Paul-les-Durance, France. Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images Molten salt reactors were first built in the 1950s but haven't been used in the US since the 1970s. The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently…

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