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Re:Fire extinguished at Ukraine nuclear power plant, Europe'... by leeoniya on Friday March 04, 2022 @12:48AM (#30551133)
> A steam explosion is what happened to the Chernobyl reactor in 1986. Although this lead to a serious disaster, it is much less destructive than an actual nuclear explosion (Wilkins, 2011). Due to the nature of molten salt reactors, the risk of either a steam explosion, a hydrogen explosion or a meltdown is effectively eliminated.

https://www.thmsr.com/en/safe/

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Re:Fire extinguished at Ukraine nuclear power plant, Europe'... by nl on Friday March 04, 2022 @04:50AM (#30552605)
> Due to the nature of molten salt reactors, the risk of either a steam explosion, a hydrogen explosion or a meltdown is effectively eliminated.

Do they somehow stop the risk of artillery? Because to be absolutely clear: that's what the risk here was.

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