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The Stellarium reactor, proposed by Stellaria, is a fourth-generation fast-neutron molten-salt design that uses liquid chloride salt fuel and is engineered to operate on a closed fuel cycle.
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 28 Nov. 2025
Similarly, any impacts during this time would simply be absorbed into a sea of molten lava.
—Big Think, 26 Nov. 2025
China's latest technological achievement follows the Chinese Academy of Sciences' confirmation earlier in November that its experimental thorium molten salt reactor (TMSR) in the Gobi Desert had successfully converted thorium into uranium fuel.
—Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
During the biggest volcanic eruption, some 39,000 years ago, the Campi Flegrei shot out 72 cubic miles of molten rock, according to Macedonio of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology.
—Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 25 Nov. 2025
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 28 Nov. 2025
Similarly, any impacts during this time would simply be absorbed into a sea of molten lava.
—Big Think, 26 Nov. 2025
China's latest technological achievement follows the Chinese Academy of Sciences' confirmation earlier in November that its experimental thorium molten salt reactor (TMSR) in the Gobi Desert had successfully converted thorium into uranium fuel.
—Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
During the biggest volcanic eruption, some 39,000 years ago, the Campi Flegrei shot out 72 cubic miles of molten rock, according to Macedonio of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology.
—Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 25 Nov. 2025
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“Molten.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/molten. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.
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molten
adjective
mol·ten
ˈmōlt-ᵊn 
: melted especially by very great heat
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