Liquid-metal cooled

Reactors cooled by molten metal at near-atmospheric pressure. Most designs use no moderator, so the neutrons stay fast. A few do slow their neutrons: Aalo Atomics describes its sodium-cooled Aalo-1 as a thermal reactor, and the IAEA lists Idaho National Laboratory's MARVEL microreactor as liquid-metal-cooled with a thermal spectrum.

Organisations and devices by approach: Liquid-metal cooled on the technology page

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approach:liquid-metal

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