TerraPower's Natrium molten salt reactor design, founded by Bill Gates, uses molten salt coolant instead of water, enabling reactor placement independent of water sources and incorporating thermal energy storage capability that allows the reactor to cycle up and down in output more easily, making it suitable as a complement to intermittent renewable sources.
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“the reactor core is cooled with molten salt rather than with water so you can place it...independent of a water source...this reactor can actually store excess energy in the store in the form of heat within molten salt and then pull that heat back and cycle up and down more easily”
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:19:11 PM
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