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"Sodium reacts violently with water (used in some designs as secondary cooling cycle)." Wow. This statement is ludicrous. It's like me saying this wind-turbine
by pookha 3y ago
"Sodium reacts violently with water (used in some designs as secondary cooling cycle)."
Wow. This statement is ludicrous. It's like me saying this wind-turbine is dangerous because of solar-panel hazardous waste...Seemed pretty obvious (guy in the article goes on for a while talking about why water was a bad choice) that the design for this reactor is using some variation of molten-salt as a coolant (not pressurized water).
- jakewins 3y agoThis seems overly harsh - is there not water involved at the plant to drive the steam turbines? That the design of the plant does not directly heat water from sodium is great, but it still is useful to know the plant becomes sensitive to water issues like flooding.