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Existing reactor designs

• Pressurized Water Reactor [r]: uses atomic fission to heat water in a primary loop, then pipes the heated water to a heat exchanger to generate steam in a secondary loop, then uses the steam to drive a turbine; only water in the primary loop becomes radioactive. ^[e]

Proposed reactor designs

• Molten chloride salt fast reactor [r]: Elysium's reactor with no moderator, capable of burning spent nuclear fuel and bomb cores. ^[e]
• Molten chloride fast reactor [r]: TerraPower's Molten Chloride Fast Reactor ^[e]
• Natrium reactor [r]: A fast reactor using molten sodium as the coolant. Development funded by Bill Gates. Like the MCSFR, capable of burning spent nuclear fuel. ^[e]
• NuScale small modular reactor [r]: A smaller version of a standard Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) with additional safety features. ^[e]
• ThorCon nuclear reactor [r]: A molten salt reactor (MSR) using a mix of uranium and thorium in a fluoride salt with a graphite moderator. ^[e]
• Very_high_temperature_reactor [r]: A nuclear reactor using helium gas as a coolant, that might provide process heat for production of zero-carbon hydrogen from water. ^[e]

Other related topics

• Nuclear waste management [r]: Storage and disposal of spent fuel and waste from nuclear power plants ^[e]
• Mining of uranium and thorium [r]: three-quarters of the world's uranium is mined in Kazakhstan, Canada, Australia and Namibia; many of today's mines in Canada and Australia are managed for safety and environmental concerns ^[e]
• Uranium fuel cycle [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Thorium fuel cycle [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Fear of radiation [r]: The science relating to public fear of radiation ^[e]