MSRE: Alvin Weinberg’s Molten Salt Reactor Experiment – “Th” Thorium Documentary

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory was the home of Alvin Weinberg’s Molten Salt Reactor Experiment. The MSRE proved that a fission reaction in molten fluoride salts could be contained in Hastelloy-N, and that a molten salt fueled reactor concept was viable.

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