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Cascade Salt Energy

Convertible notes on a thorium fuel salt with a validated corrosion loop and no license application yet.

Thorium is abundant, and a liquid fuel salt at atmospheric pressure removes the high-pressure containment problem entirely. It also dissolves metal. Cascade has run a 4,000-hour corrosion loop at temperature and published the alloy results. What it does not have is a license application, a fuel supply agreement, or a customer. This is a technology bet at TRL 5.

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TRL 5 of 9, band 4.2 to 5.6, signed by Dr. Samuel Adeyemi, PhD Nuclear Engineering; ASME Section III reviewer, on Jun 5, 2026.See the evidence it rests on

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Target coupon
6.00%

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Term
4 yr
Investors
1,884

Closed August 29, 2026

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5

Technology readiness level, 1 to 9

Confidence band 4.25.6

A 4,000-hour flowing salt corrosion loop at temperature is real, publishable evidence of component validation in a relevant environment, which is TRL 5. The band is wide because the integral system has not been demonstrated and the licensing pathway for liquid-fueled reactors is unestablished. The most important thing on this page is not the score at all: the chemistry is progressing and the business is not yet a business.

At TRL 5, the ladder permits Convertible note and releases up to 30% of committed capital. This offering is structured as a convertible note, which is consistent with that band.

Signed and published

Reviewer
Dr. Samuel Adeyemi
Credential
PhD Nuclear Engineering; ASME Section III reviewer
Signed
June 5, 2026
Published
June 6, 2026
Methodology
v1.4
Model
ci-trl-2026.06
Generated
May 30, 2026

Evidence

Every score cites the documents it was derived from, with the weight each carried. An assessment without evidence is an opinion.

SourceDocumentDateWeight
Independent test report

4,000-hour flowing salt corrosion loop

Independent test report, alloy coupon analysis

Corrosion rates within design allowance for the qualified alloy at 650 °C.

Mar 18, 202636%
Peer-reviewed publication

Fuel salt thermophysical property measurements

Peer-reviewed nuclear materials literature

Density and heat capacity measured across the operating temperature range.

Dec 4, 202527%
DOE award

Cost-shared risk reduction award

DOE advanced reactor program award letter

Supports the integral loop campaign this offering also funds.

Apr 9, 202522%
NRC docket

Pre-application engagement, no application filed

NRC pre-application meeting summaries

Topical report submissions discussed. No construction permit application docketed.

Feb 26, 202615%

Score history

A score changes on the day a reviewer signs a new assessment, which is why this is a step line rather than a curve.

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