The permit allows TerraPower to begin building the non-nuclear portions of its plant, including its "energy island," which will hold the plant's turbines and molten-salt energy storage tanks.
Molten salts are a very diverse class of compounds with a large number of physical properties relevant to the industry. Materials scientists are working on fine-tuning the composition and properties ...
The CSP plant adopts advanced tower-based molten salt storage technology, with 41,260 heliostats installed on-site. The mirrors precisely reflect sunlight onto the 248-metre-high solar tower’s heat ...
In Mid-2024, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a construction permit yesterday to Abilene Christian University, giving ACU and its partners the go-ahead to build the Molten Salt Research ...