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I agree that passive safety should be a priority in any new reactor design, but I fail to see what this has to do with SMRs.
by gautamcgoel 5y ago
I agree that passive safety should be a priority in any new reactor design, but I fail to see what this has to do with SMRs.
- mikece 5y agoSMR design allows them to cool themselves with only natural water circulation when in a scammed state and no external power to the cooling loop. In short: you cannot have a melt-down. The trade-off is that it's much smaller so you would need a cluster of 8 to 12 SMR units to match the typical 1.2GWe reactors used for most utility-grade installs.
- anamax 5y agoAnother way to put it is that 8-12 SMRs can be located at up to 8-12 sites while a 1.2GWe reactor must be at one site.