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Most next generation reactors already are high temperature. All the major companies at the forefront of reactor commercialization have high temperature reactor
by nickik 5y ago
Most next generation reactors already are high temperature.
All the major companies at the forefront of reactor commercialization have high temperature reactors.
The optimal today for a reactor is having one reactor with output X and then add 3X worth of turbines and a way to store hot solar salt. This way you can produce huge amount of energy at the times when prices are high.
Of course it also means the nuclear part of the project would only be a small part of the overall cost.
- pfdietz 5y ago> Most next generation reactors already are high temperature. Yes, and as I said this introduces a host of new problems. Not only do these reactors need higher temperature materials, they need materials that can with standard corrosion and radiation at those temperatures.
- nickik 5y agoAnd they also remove far more problems. In fact they are far simpler then PWRs. It is far, far, far easier to design a reactor to withstand high temperature and corrosion then operating a reactor under gigantic amount of pressure.