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Re:Nuclear Power in France by PaulHoule on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @01:23PM (#28842435)
There are two problems.

One is corrosion/radiation damage to the reactor vessel which is probably made with something like

http://www.haynesintl.com/alloys/alloy-portfolio_/Corrosion-...

The other is that most of these designs have a graphite moderator, and the graphite gets damaged in the reactor environment.

Re:Nuclear Power in France by ortusdux on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @04:21PM (#28844593)
I would consider graphite moderators under the umbrella of salt facing components.

High Ni alloys such as Hast-N have their own issues - mainly radiation induced Ni -> He embrittlement and tellurium embrittlement. That being said, they are very promising.