Future nuclear power reactors could rely on molten salts — but what about corrosion?

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Future nuclear power reactors could rely on molten salts — but what about corrosion?. View article details on HISWAI: https://news.mit.edu/2024/future-nuclear-power-reactors-could-rely-molten-salts-what-about-corrosion-0321

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MIT researchers Michael Short and Weiyue Zhou study how radiation affects metal corrosion in molten salt reactors, a nuclear technology with implications for climate change mitigation. They've created a novel test setup and found that radiation can slow corrosion under certain conditions.

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