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Re:Safety of Nuclear Energy by bg46z on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @12:01AM (#28690180)
This worked beautifully in fukushima
Re:Safety of Nuclear Energy by tcmart14 on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @12:18AM (#28690270)
Fukushima failed because power failed, failing the coolant systems. That was an active system and not a passive. Look at MSR test that were done at the Idaho National Research Laboratory. The heat transference of using molten salt shutdown the react even in the absence of power. This is a passive system.
Re:Safety of Nuclear Energy by acidburnNSA on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @12:29AM (#28690317)
The EBR-II tests you're referring to were liquid metal sodium, not molten salt. Molten salt is much different (though it also can be used in reactors and may be able to demonstrate passive safety as well)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_Breeder_Reactor_I...

[2] https://whatisnuclear.com/blog/2020-11-23-sodium-vs-salt.htm...

Re:Safety of Nuclear Energy by acidburnNSA on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @12:27AM (#28690313)
Three meltdowns, up to 1 death total from radiation (acutely and estimated long-term). That's a huge improvement over Chernobyl, which killed ~60 acutely and up to 4000 long term from early cancer deaths.
Re:Safety of Nuclear Energy by andbberger on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @01:52AM (#28690680)
The real death toll of fukushima is the extra climate change deaths resulting from the hysteria it produced. Radiation wise it was really not that big of a deal.
Re:Safety of Nuclear Energy by voldacar on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @02:57AM (#28690974)
Fukushima was old, and by 2008 the IAEA was warning them that the plant could have serious issues during an earthquake/tsunami.
Re:Safety of Nuclear Energy by himinlomax on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @02:39AM (#28690888)
1 death.