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> it's just that every reactor needs to be playing it's A game every day. What if you start by assuming failure, and then account for that by operating your re
by p1mrx 4y ago
> it's just that every reactor needs to be playing it's A game every day.
What if you start by assuming failure, and then account for that by operating your reactors under millions of gallons of emergency cooling water? That is NuScale's approach.
- wanderr 4y agoOverall what I understand of NuScale's approach seems to account for most everything that can go wrong. But what happens if there is a natural disaster that causes much of that water to leak away quickly? Is there a failsafe for that as well?
- p1mrx 4y agoWhat natural disaster could quickly drain a "lake" lined with stainless steel? All that water needs somewhere to go. I assume a straightforward geological study would prevent events like https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/22/man-dies-after-being-sucked-into-swimming-pool-sinkhole-in-israel https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/22/man-dies-after...
- ncmncm 4y agoStraightforward studies are often not done. And, often done then ignored. Dams collapse mainly for this reason, and those, while killing many people and destroying whole cities, do not leave the whole region uninhabitable.
- p1mrx 4y agoIt is much more difficult to build a dam than a water-filled hole.
- wanderr 4y agoI don't know, but I suspect we will find out if we end up having these "lakes" distributed all over the world