Re:Are We On the Verge of an Energy Breakthrough?
by InclinedPlane on Sunday July 10, 2011 @04:39AM
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I found this bit a little jarring: "Thorium reactors would not melt down, in part because they require an external input to produce fission."
As we should all know by know, this isn't the only risk for meltdowns. The Fukushima reactors scrammed almost instantly after the earthquake, well before the tsunami, but it was the continual heat production of the fission products in spent fuel which was the real danger.
As we should all know by know, this isn't the only risk for meltdowns. The Fukushima reactors scrammed almost instantly after the earthquake, well before the tsunami, but it was the continual heat production of the fission products in spent fuel which was the real danger.