Application submitted for US molten salt research reactor

Re:Application submitted for US molten salt research reactor by JumpCrisscross on Monday August 22, 2022 @02:21PM (#32555181)

Are freeze plug failures recoverable? Or is is this a final failsafe that toasts the reactor?

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Re:Application submitted for US molten salt research reactor by ortusdux on Monday August 22, 2022 @02:41PM (#32555439)

Easily recoverable. The tube drains into a collection tank filled with control rods, so any reactions are halted. You can just reheat the salt and pump it back into the reactor. Reportedly, one of the first test reactors in the 50's was shut off every Friday and restarted on Monday. A full power loss, what would be catastrophic for any other reactor, was tested weekly for a year without issue.

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Re:Application submitted for US molten salt research reactor by panick21_ on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @09:28AM (#32564620)

I love the image of some guy before going home hitting the red button and some guy on Monday just hitting the green button.

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