Re:China Says It's Closing in on Thorium Nuclear Reactor
by chasil on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @08:53PM
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Actually, one safety feature of an MSR is a "salt plug" that melts at a higher temperature.
When the plug melts, the contents of the reactor flow into a boron containment.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030645491...
If you say LESS dispersed radiation? Sure. None... sorry not chemically or mechanically or hydraulically or meteorologically plausible.
The elephants foot degrades over time into dust. Radiation causes stress fractures in solids, crystalline structure disturbs. It's going to "decay" in the non radiative sense of the word.
Btw I am pro nuke, in Hypothesis. In my economy (oz) it would have been ideal 30 years ago. Now, with zero power nukes (only one medical manufacturer with a dido type swimming pool reactor) the build out is probably economically infeasible after lawsuit attack, compared to solar, wind and battery. But I remain hopeful of this new stuff, and the PBMR