PSI cooperates with Danish company in reactor research
Published: Monday, Jul 1st 2024, 14:10
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The Paul Scherrer Institute in the canton of Aargau and the Danish nuclear reactor developer Copenhagen Atomics have signed a cooperation agreement for experimental collaboration. It concerns experiments with thorium liquid salt for a nuclear reactor.
The aim of the cooperation agreement, initially concluded for four years, is to validate the technology, the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) announced on Monday. The aim is to provide experience in the planning, construction, approval, operation and decommissioning of the new molten salt reactor technology.
The cooperation agreement will "put Europe at the forefront in the field of advanced reactors", it said.
According to PSI, Copenhagen Atomics has been developing its molten salt reactor technology for almost a decade. The technology is so mature that critical experimental tests on thorium molten salt are required.
At its headquarters in Copenhagen, Copenhagen Atomics produces and tests prototypes with full-scale reactor circuits. The molten salt reactors used fluoride salts of lithium, thorium and low-enriched uranium as reactor fuel.
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