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Advanced reactors
Reactors that differ from today’s reactors primarily by their use of inert gases, molten salt mixtures, or liquid metals to cool the reactor core. Advanced reactors can also consider fuel materials and designs that differ radically from today’s enriched-uranium-dioxide pellets within zirconium cladding.
Page Last Reviewed/Updated Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Page Last Reviewed/Updated Wednesday, February 15, 2023