In addition to helping maintain the fusion reactor temperature, the liquid metal ... avoids overheating the metal since it is briefly exposed to the plasma and then cooled down soon again.

Here are the nuclear fission startups backed by Big Tech. Kairos Power received a vote of confidence from Google when the ...

Another common microreactor type is the liquid-metal-cooled reactor. This reactor commonly uses liquid metal heat pipes for passive heat removal. An example is the Microreactor Applications ...

When the MSRE was shutdown in 1969 for decommissioning, one unexpected finding that was that of embrittlement of the metal ... reactors, with examples like the Russian BN-series of sodium-cooled ...

The US Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy has announced a significant upgrade to Argonne National Laboratory's liquid metal test loop for sodium-cooled fast reactors - the largest such ...

making them a logical and very efficient option for molten salt and liquid metal-cooled reactors. Figure 5: NANO Nuclear Energy’s Annular Linear Induction Pump MR-24 external view rendering.

The milestone marks the start of China's core physics experiments into liquid metal cooled fast reactors. Technicians bring the Venus III reactor to first criticality (Image: CIAE) The institute will ...

One of the key areas of focus for both the GIF and the IAEA is the safety of liquid metal cooled fast reactors (LMFRs) – including sodium cooled fast reactors (SFRs) and lead cooled fast reactors ...

Soviet engineers installed a powerful liquid-metal cooled reactor, too. These two factors operating in tandem ensured the high rate of speed for the sub. Speaking of reactors, the Alfa class had a ...

One of the key areas of focus for both the GIF and the IAEA is the safety of liquid metal cooled fast reactors (LMFRs) – including sodium cooled fast reactors (SFRs) and lead cooled fast reactors ...