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CANDU reactors in Canada, I think are designed to be run by nobody at all. They require heavy water to keep the reaction going. No heavy water, it just cools d
by edblarney 10y ago
CANDU reactors in Canada, I think are designed to be run by nobody at all.
They require heavy water to keep the reaction going. No heavy water, it just cools down.
If anything 'breaks' - no heavy water, no chain reaction.
I'm grossly oversimplifying, but you get the idea.
I suggest that if we actually put our minds to it, we could develop a kind of 'dumb reactor' that didn't require any kind of intervention at all, other than maintenance.
- CmdrSprinkles 10y agoAlready done and has been for a while. Here is a quick wiki article on the subject/an example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small,_sealed,_transportable,_autonomous_reactor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small,_sealed,_transportable,_... Plenty more can be found if you have access to read actual articles and not just wikipedia