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Re:Application submitted for US molten salt research reactor by mrunkel on Monday August 22, 2022 @03:21PM (#32555964)
LFTR?
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Re:Application submitted for US molten salt research reactor by jussion_zoonist on Monday August 22, 2022 @03:43PM (#32556241)
Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor but I believe this reactor is using uranium[1].

[1] https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2024/ML20241A071.pdf

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Re:Application submitted for US molten salt research reactor by acidburnNSA on Monday August 22, 2022 @03:51PM (#32556325)
LFTR is just a trade name from a guy named Kirk who tried to rebrand the Thorium fueled Molten Salt Reactor.

So basically yes but like all thorium reactors it has to start with enriched uranium first.

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