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Re:Nuclear Power in France by orangepurple on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @12:41PM (#28841839)
If nuclear core meltdowns can be fully contained by design the risk is mitigated. For instance with newer designs of smaller portable reactors by NuScale
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Re:Nuclear Power in France by smotah on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @01:13PM (#28842301)
That's also utility of the "core catcher" component of some gen III reactor designs, that are specifically made to cool down corium in case of a core meltdown. For SMR, the risk is mitigated because the reactor isn't sufficiently powerful to melt itself.
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Re:Nuclear Power in France by andrewxdiamond on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @04:37PM (#28844766)
It is easier to design perfect reactors and then it is to build perfect reactors.
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Re:Nuclear Power in France by ZetaZero on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @12:59PM (#28842099)
"That’s impossible, an RBMK reactor can’t explode."
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