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First US molten salt reactor in over 50 years to be built (www.businessinsider.com)

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One study suggested that the reactors could produce more nuclear waste than current systems and that they "will use highly corrosive and pyrophoric fuels and coolants that, following irradiation, will become highly radioactive."

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[–] lntl@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Sounds like it will be a "modern" reactor that uses molten salt as coolant instead of water. I wonder what they'll make the coolant loops out of: steel glows at 900 deg Freedom.

[–] roguetrick@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wonder what they’ll make the coolant loops out of: steel glows at 900 deg Freedom

That's always been the problem with the reactors. High heat, corrosion resistant, and resistant to neutron spallation is a very very tall order.

https://thebulletin.org/2022/06/molten-salt-reactors-were-trouble-in-the-1960s-and-they-remain-trouble-today/

[–] Gabu@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Just use Duranium, duh

[–] lemming741@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Everything starts to glow north of 900, but your point stands