Molten fluorides of uranium, thorium, plutonium, and other elements potentially have wide applicability as fuels for power reactors. Because of their low vapor pressure they can be used in very high-temperature but low-pressure liquid-fuel reactors. In addition, they possess great chemical flexibility—the molten-salt principle can be applied to burners, thorium-uranium thermal breeders, plutonium-uranium converters, and possibly even to fast plutonium breeders. Because of the very high thermal efficiency obtainable in reactors using molten salt fuel, the fuel cost in a simple burner using enriched U235 is of the order of 2–3 mills/kwhr. A high-temperature reactor using molten uranium salts (Aircraft Reactor Experiment) was operated for a short time at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The reactor was of the circulating-fuel type, with a BeO moderator. The maximum outlet temperature achieved was greater than 1500°F. It is believed that with further development the ARE could be a prototype for an economical uranium burner.