The small nuclear power plants will use molten salt in their fuel, making them safer and more versatile and portable than traditional nuclear power plants.

Making matters worse, the two units in operation use the same so-called RBMK technology that melted ... which means that the reactor’s core is pretty exposed,” Grossi said in an interview ...

INSAG stands by the general conclusions of INSAG-1 about the accident’s causes and their implications for the safety of the Chernobyl type light water cooled graphite moderated RBMK reactors. However, ...