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New Technologies / South Korea’s KAERI And Samsung To Develop Molten Salt Reactor For Maritime Use

By Kamen Kraev
14 June 2021

Ship propulsion expected to open new markets for modular reactor tech
South Korea’s KAERI And Samsung To Develop Molten Salt Reactor For Maritime Use
Officials from Samsung Heavy Industries and the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute signed the agreement on 9 June. Image courtesy Samsung Heavy Industries.
South Korea’s Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) has signed an agreement with South Korean shipbuilding corporation Samsung Heavy Industries for the development of a molten salt modular reactor (MSR) to be used for ship propulsion.

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