Originally Posted by
Mumps
I actually stumbled on a documentary recently about Molten salt reactors. Very interesting watch. Especially when they demo'ed what would happen if the molten salt plant lost power, AKA the Fukushima disaster. They also covered a lot of the current problems being faced by the Fukushima cleanup teams. Definitely things to watch for. There are currently a number of startups with plans for mini reactors with a molten salt based design that should be hitting the global market relatively soon.