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The article states the whole reactor will be submerged in a pool of water, making it passively safe.
by asdfman123 6y ago
The article states the whole reactor will be submerged in a pool of water, making it passively safe.
- meepmorp 6y agoReactor cores continue to produce waste heat when shut down, and water evaporates. It’s passively safe till you run out of coolant, then it’s actively dangerous.
- throwaway0a5e 6y agoAnd if you size the pool right it will by cool before the pool boils off. It's simple math and engineering.
- ixfo 6y agoIn this case the pool boils off slowly enough from thermal load to let decay heat reduce to the point where air cooling is adequate. So it remains passively safe unless there is a sudden loss of water from the pool. Engineering a very resilient pond does not feel like as complex a problem as engineering highly complex cooling systems to be resilient.