Re:Molten Salt Reactors
by pweezy on Saturday July 13, 2019 @07:20AM
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> Molten salt fuels were first conceived of in the late 1940s, when people began thinking of nuclear powered airplanes!
> The idea was to have very long range bombers in the air at all times
I had never heard of this idea, and thought it was super interesting. Imagine aircraft that could stay in the air indefinitely (for some practical purposes), carrying massive loads without fuel being a concern.
Similar to nuclear aircraft carriers and submarines, at least conceptually.
Re:Molten Salt Reactors
by Symmetry on Saturday July 13, 2019 @09:19AM
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In the long run nuclear jets could be really useful for the exploration of planets that don't have free oxygen in the atmosphere like Venus, Saturn, etc.
I had never heard of this idea, and thought it was super interesting. Imagine aircraft that could stay in the air indefinitely (for some practical purposes), carrying massive loads without fuel being a concern.
Similar to nuclear aircraft carriers and submarines, at least conceptually.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear-powered_aircraft