Re:Out of all major energy sources, nuclear is the safest
by appleiigs on Monday July 31, 2017 @03:45PM
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The senior engineer at my company was from Duke Energy. At the beginning of the Fukushima incident he loudly proclaimed that the safety mechanisms would kick in, preventing a disaster. He held educational session during lunch so he could explain the engineering. We all know the rest of the story.
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Re:Out of all major energy sources, nuclear is the safest
by nickik on Monday August 14, 2017 @12:44PM
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That just means he was an idiot. The problems of the design were well known. The potential failure points were well known and are part of the design. This is nothing new and has been understood for a long time.
A good initial design eliminates many of the complicated failure mechanism.
A molted salted liquid fueled Thorium reactor simply does not have these problems. Coming up with a scenario where it would fail at such a high level is hard to even imagine.