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

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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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[–] library_napper@monyet.cc -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Why is this about nuclear and not solar thermal?

[–] lntl@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

because they mix the fuel into the salt