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If nuclear core meltdowns can be fully contained by design the risk is mitigated. For instance with newer designs of smaller portable reactors by NuScale
by orangepurple 5y ago
If nuclear core meltdowns can be fully contained by design the risk is mitigated. For instance with newer designs of smaller portable reactors by NuScale
- ZetaZero 5y ago"That’s impossible, an RBMK reactor can’t explode."
- smotah 5y agoThat's also utility of the "core catcher" component of some gen III reactor designs, that are specifically made to cool down corium in case of a core meltdown. For SMR, the risk is mitigated because the reactor isn't sufficiently powerful to melt itself.
- andrewxdiamond 5y agoIt is easier to design perfect reactors and then it is to build perfect reactors.