U.S. planning test reactor to run on weapons-grade uranium.

URANIUM; MOLTEN salt reactors; RESEARCH reactors; NUCLEAR reactors; RADIOACTIVE wastes; NUCLEAR energy; NUCLEAR arms control; FAST reactors

In theory, a molten salt reactor could burn used fuel from conventional reactors and generate less long-lived radioactive waste, Kuperman says. NEWS The U.S. Department Energy of (DOE) is planning a small test reactor that would burn a large amount of weapons-grade uranium, according to the project's draft environmental assessment. [Extracted from the article]