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You might want to read up on the AVR reactor (an pebble bed reactor). The reactor assembly is so radioactive that it will be stored for 60 years first, before t
by welterde 13y ago
You might want to read up on the AVR reactor (an pebble bed reactor). The reactor assembly is so radioactive that it will be stored for 60 years first, before they can safely dismantle it.
And as for pebble bed reactors cannot fail catastrophically.. AVR almost did (water leaked into the He primary cooling cycle).
- camperman 13y agoDamn - that's depressing. Thanks for the heads up. The safety report that I've now just read on the AVR says: "A safe operation at hot gas temperatures near to those suitable for process heat applications can currently not be guaranteed by pebble bed reactors, even if a gas tight containment is present."