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There are designs that don't need a large containment vessel because they operate at normal pressure and there is no water that might expand by a factpr of 1000
by xorfish 7y ago
There are designs that don't need a large containment vessel because they operate at normal pressure and there is no water that might expand by a factpr of 1000.
Look at the IMSR.
- Animats 7y agoNuScale is a pressurized water reactor whose containment sits in a water-filled pit.