US-based Jacobs was selected by Moltex Energy to support their development of a new type of nuclear power plant – the stable salt reactor (SSR).
Jacobs said it will build a bespoke experimental facility for thermal transfer testing at its Birchwood Park research and development facility in the UK.
Based on breakthrough science, Moltex Energy’s SSR is designed to generate low-cost electricity by burning processed spent fuel pellets which would otherwise have to be stored as radioactive waste.
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