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Today we avoid radiating electric generation equipment by running two steam loops through a heat exchanger; one that interacts with the hot reactor and a second
by dpe82 3y ago
Today we avoid radiating electric generation equipment by running two steam loops through a heat exchanger; one that interacts with the hot reactor and a second that spins the generators. Perhaps you could do similar with molten salt loops? Might be tough finding a material that would work as an exchanger at the required temperatures though.
Just using electricity is probably cheaper and easier; large power plants are crazy efficient already.
- nine_k 3y agoThorium-based reactors famously are constrained by the lack of such material which would withstand the contact with hot molten salt, especially somewhat radioactive.
- xorcist 3y agoAs anyone with a boat knows, salt water is insanely corrosive and gets into everything. Even large container ships have to be regularly serviced. I can only what hot molten salt does to industrial processes.