exciting news - molten salt reactors do not rely on water as the primary coolant and hence might be suitable for arid regions.
They do however corrode the pipes, if that can be fixed then they should be usable.
yes very tricky. Wonder how the solve this issue. What happened to other thorium designs, I believe this has actually been around for decades
I don’t think the problem was ever solved, the focus was on developing Uranium, and Plutonium reactors.
I believe that there was just one Thorium reactor as a trial project, which didn’t progress so the technology hasn’t matured. It didn’t have the impetus.