The US wants to build a different kind of nuclear reactor from a decades-old concept that could power ships and other off-the-grid locations

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A circular window with molten salt pouring onto a surface
Molten salts are used as coolants in the Papirus installation at CEA Cadarache in Saint-Paul-les-Durance, France.

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