Oak Ridge National Lab Archives

2025 Molten Salt Reactor Workshop

ORNL’s annual Molten Salt Reactor Workshop is the leading forum to discuss the latest MSR research and development programs, technology advancements, international collaborations, and the progress of demonstration efforts. Please join us this year for an exciting and informative program, active discussions that advance our understanding of our challenges and opportunities, and networking that builds the partnerships essential to our future.

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DOE Nuclear Energy awards three GAIN vouchers

The Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy announced on June 5 that it has awarded vouchers to three nuclear companies from its Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) program to research nuclear fuel and materials.

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2024 Molten Salt Reactor Workshop

The 10th annual Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) Workshop is a leading forum to discuss molten salt technology advances. MSRs are a promising class of advanced nuclear reactors rapidly progressing toward demonstrations. The MSR workshop, held Nov. 5-7th 2024 in Knoxville, TN, provides a forum for sharing information and status on MSR research and development programs, technology advancements, international collaborations, and the progress of demonstration efforts.

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International Nuclear Safeguards and Security by Design Workshop

The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is organizing a three-day Safeguards and Security by Design (SSeBD) Workshop (September 10-12, 2024) in Oak Ridge, TN for U.S. advanced and small modular reactor vendors and developers that are seeking to deploy their technologies in the U.S. and internationally. The workshop will focus on the technical measures that can be applied during the planning and design stages to increase physical protection and security system efficacy to meet international security guidance and highlight how designers can meet international nuclear safeguards requirements, which are different from the United States’ requirements.

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2023 Molten Salt Reactor Workshop

Oak Ridge National Laboratory – Hybrid October 25-26, 2023 Sponsored By: Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN)Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)

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2022 Molten Salt Reactor Workshop

This workshop will focus on multiple topics, including overviews of US Department of Energy (DOE) and US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) MSR released activities and overviews of the US DOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) MSR technology development and advanced modeling and simulation activities.

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2021 Virtual Molten Salt Reactor Workshop

The 2021 Molten Salt Reactor Workshop was held virtually on October 12-13, 2021 from Oak Ridge National Laboratory. There was a tremendous response to the workshop this year and approximately 700 people registered for the event.

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2020 Molten Salt Reactor Workshop

The 2020 Molten Salt Reactor Workshop was held virtually on October 14–15, 2020 from Oak Ridge National Laboratory. There was an overwhelming response to the workshop this year and approximately 500 people registered for this year’s workshop.

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2019 Molten Salt Reactor Workshop

Molten Salt Reactor Workshop 2019 October 2-3, 2019 – Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN The 2020 Molten Salt Reactor Workshop was held virtually on October 14-15, 2020 from Oak Ridge National Laboratory. There was an overwhelming response to the workshop and approximately 500 people registered to attend. The topics presented at this workshop

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