From molten-salt to TRISO fuel, here’s how technological advancements could upend an old power technology.
Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive material split, emitting neutrons. Those bump into other atoms, splitting them and causing them to emit more neutrons, which bump into other atoms, continuing the c… [6563 chars]
Source: MIT Technology Review | Published: 2026-01-12T11:00:00Z
Credit: MIT Technology Review
