ThorCon nuclear reactor

These nuclear reactors are designed as part of a floating power plant, to be manufactured on an assembly line in a shipyard, and to be delivered via barge to any ocean or major waterway shoreline, similar to the US's MH-1A from 1968 and the Russian Akademik Lomonosov operating since 2020.

[2] ThorCon has proposed a power station closely based on the Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment in the 1960s, claiming that its design requires no new technology.

As molten salt reactors, they are designed for the use of fuel in liquid form, which also serves as primary coolant.

The ThorCon design is a floating power station to be built in a shipyard and then towed to the location of operation.

The design includes several features intended to prevent meltdowns, contain radioactive materials, and protect from terrorism and sabotage.

Artists impression of the TMSR-500 conceptual design.
Raw material flows and waste at a ThorCon fuel processing plant. Enriched uranium powers the cycle, but most of the energy comes from the more abundant thorium. [ 3 ]