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Isn't stainless steel not so resistant to chloride ?
by iamgopal 8y ago
Isn't stainless steel not so resistant to chloride ?
- acidburnNSA 8y agoCorrect. But there's some fancy high-nickel and other stuff that can likely handle it if you control the chemistry carefully.
- jabl 8y agoThe challenge in a traditional MSR design is that you have half the periodic table swimming around in your primary loop at high temperature. From a corrosion perspective that's pretty challenging.
- DennisP 8y agoSalty water is a problem, but pure chloride salt is less corrosive to stainless steel than pure water, according to a presentation I saw by someone from another chloride reactor company.