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Real-Time Monitoring Tool Speeds Up Advanced Nuclear Reactor Development
Across the nation, environmentally minded scientists and engineers are leading a new generation of nuclear reactor designs. They see nuclear power as a clean, carbon-free energy source along with hydropower, wind, and solar.
Several of the innovative, next-generation reactor designs are safer, smaller, modular, and more mobile. They may power space flights, run on recycled nuclear fuel, and even act as portable generators for disaster response. One design, molten salt reactors (MSRs), are gaining momentum in the nuclear community.
But, before any of these new reactor designs become reality, they need to undergo many rounds of safety and operational testing.