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Oh my god thank you for understanding this and explaining it so well. I spend a lot of time trying to suppress the sinister-LWR myth. Real reasons MSRs decline
by acidburnNSA 9y ago
Oh my god thank you for understanding this and explaining it so well. I spend a lot of time trying to suppress the sinister-LWR myth.
Real reasons MSRs declined include [1]:
* The existing major industrial and utility commitments to the LWR, HTGR, and LMFBR.
* The lack of incentive for industrial investment in supplying fuel cycle services, such as those required for solid fuel reactors.
* The overwhelming manufacturing and operating experience with solid fuel reactors in contrast with the very limited involvement with fluid fueled reactors.
* The less advanced state of MSBR technology and the lack of demonstrated solutions to the major technical problems associated with the MSBR concept.
[1] http://www.energyfromthorium.com/pdf/WASH-1222.pdf http://www.energyfromthorium.com/pdf/WASH-1222.pdf