Talk:Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment

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~~... that the United States is building a molten-salt nuclear reactor using sodium chloride?~~

Source: "The molten chloride salt fuel of the MCFR serves as both the fuel and the coolant...the fuel salt is a eutectic mixture of sodium chloride and uranium trichloride" source

- ALT1: ... that the United States is building an experimental nuclear reactor using molten sodium chloride salt? Source: Same as above.
- ALT2: ... that the United States is building a molten-salt nuclear reactor with sodium chloride coolant? Source: Same as above.
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- Comment: To me, the most interesting part of this article is that the "salt" in this molten-salt reactor is regular sodium chloride. ALT hooks are slightly different wording; up to the reviewer which one sounds best.

Created by H2so4aq (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

H2so4aq (talk) 02:03, 19 October 2026 (UTC).Reply

@H2so4aq: New and long enough, Earwig finds no copyvios. QPQ not needed, though noting that the nominator now has 4 DYK nominations, so the next nomination will require a QPQ. An easily fixed issue with the article is that "will" should be changed to "is planned to" per WP:CRYSTAL.

The hook isn't the most interesting fact in the article. (Also, technically the U.S. government is funding a private consortium to build the reactor.) Try to go for something that would seem unusual to a layman, rather than a simple definition. Maybe that it's the first to use chloride instead of fluoride? Maybe that it's in Idaho? Actually, here's a reasonable hook:

ALT3: ... that sodium chloride can be used both in food and in an experimental nuclear reactor?

Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 00:48, 29 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

@Antony-22: I support the ALT3 hook over the original three; it puts my original intended fun fact clearer than I did. H2so4aq (talk) 04:42, 29 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

@H2so4aq: Don't forget to fix the "will"s in the article though! Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 21:19, 29 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

@Antony-22:

Done H2so4aq (talk) 21:58, 29 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

@H2so4aq: Actually, one more issue. INL, like most DoE National Laboratories, is operated by a private contractor and not directly by the federal government, so the images are not actually public domain. The top image should be permissible under fair use since it's a structure under construction, but you'll have to downsize it to 250px, re-upload it to Wikipedia (not Commons), and include Template:Non-free use rationale on the image page. See WP:FUR for full instructions. Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 23:39, 31 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

@Antony-22: Good catch; I've removed both images. Neither one seems to satisfy the free-use criteria (that monochrome top image is not high-quality enough to clearly show the reactor or layout), so unless you feel strongly otherwise I'm good keeping them out for now. H2so4aq (talk) 19:29, 2 November 2026 (UTC)Reply

The article is good to go, we just need a hook-only review for ALT3 since I suggested it. Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 22:49, 5 November 2026 (UTC)Reply