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Kairos Power and Materion commission fluoride salt purification plant

July 20, 2022, 12:01PMNuclear News

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Kairos Power needs a source of high-purity fluoride salt to test its molten salt reactor design and ultimately to serve as the coolant in its grid-scale fluoride salt–cooled, high-temperature reactor (KP-FHR). As part of a cooperative development agreement with Materion Corporation, Kairos Power designed a molten salt purification plant (MSPP) that has just been commissioned at Materion’s campus in Elmore, Ohio.

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Kairos Power and Materion commission fluoride salt purification plant

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