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This worked beautifully in fukushima
by bg46z 5y ago
This worked beautifully in fukushima
- tcmart14 5y agoFukushima failed because power failed, failing the coolant systems. That was an active system and not a passive. Look at MSR test that were done at the Idaho National Research Laboratory. The heat transference of using molten salt shutdown the react even in the absence of power. This is a passive system.
- acidburnNSA 5y agoThe EBR-II tests you're referring to were liquid metal sodium, not molten salt. Molten salt is much different (though it also can be used in reactors and may be able to demonstrate passive safety as well) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_Breeder_Reactor_II#Passive_safety https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_Breeder_Reactor_I... [2] https://whatisnuclear.com/blog/2020-11-23-sodium-vs-salt.html https://whatisnuclear.com/blog/2020-11-23-sodium-vs-salt.htm...
- acidburnNSA 5y agoThree meltdowns, up to 1 death total from radiation (acutely and estimated long-term). That's a huge improvement over Chernobyl, which killed ~60 acutely and up to 4000 long term from early cancer deaths.
- andbberger 5y agoThe real death toll of fukushima is the extra climate change deaths resulting from the hysteria it produced. Radiation wise it was really not that big of a deal.
- himinlomax 5y ago1 death.
- voldacar 5y agoFukushima was old, and by 2008 the IAEA was warning them that the plant could have serious issues during an earthquake/tsunami.