So, if you read it again, you can see that another way to parse the sentence is with "claims" as the noun and "melt down" as the verb. Now it's makes perfect sense because molten salt reactors are still in experimental form.
I dunno, seems like a fine title to me. Maybe you are not actually reading every word from the title?
Yes they do.
> Plus, why would a reactor be claiming that it's melting down?
Maybe they were lying before? It's definitely confusing, but the title parses correctly that way, so it's not obvious that a different word is the verb.
Are MSRs less likely to melt down? Why do people say they don't?
MSRs and other advanced reactors have passive decay heat removal by making use of different coolants (molten salt, liquid metal, etc.) and natural circulation air heat exchangers.