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Moltex's approach to molten salt reactors looks interesting: https://youtu.be/7qJpVClxzVM?t=536 https://youtu.be/7qJpVClxzVM?t=536 Instead of pumping radioacti
by p1mrx 5y ago
Moltex's approach to molten salt reactors looks interesting: https://youtu.be/7qJpVClxzVM?t=536 https://youtu.be/7qJpVClxzVM?t=536
Instead of pumping radioactive molten salt between a reactor and heat exchanger, they plan to leave it sitting in stainless steel tubes, and use simple convection to extract the heat.
Oak Ridge rejected this idea in the 1950s because they were trying to power an aircraft, but convection makes more sense when the reactor isn't moving.