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The BN-800 reactor was an engineering nightmare, though. Those things had more downtime due to technical issues than operation time. The issues were indeed so
by qayxc 6y ago
The BN-800 reactor was an engineering nightmare, though.
Those things had more downtime due to technical issues than operation time. The issues were indeed so severe, that the follow-up project (BN-1200) required a redesign and was put on hold indefinitely...
- fuoqi 6y agoIIRC most issues were caused by problems and delays with fuel fabrication, mentioned in my post. And changes in fuel fabrication is one of the main reasons for postponing BN-1200 construction (i.e. it does not make sense to build a reactor, while fuel production line is not ready).