5 Sep 2017 : NRG has begun an irradiation programme at the High Flux Reactor (HFR) in Petten, which will yield new data on the safe operation of molten salt reactors, the Netherlands-based nuclear services provider said on 5 September 2017. NRG said it began the irradiation of a mixture of lithium and thorium fluoride salts on 10 August 2017.
The experiment is being carried out to investigate the stability of the salt-fuel mixture during and after irradiation, the evolution of fission (...)