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First US molten salt reactor in over 50 years to be built (www.businessinsider.com)

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One study suggested that the reactors could produce more nuclear waste than current systems and that they "will use highly corrosive and pyrophoric fuels and coolants that, following irradiation, will become highly radioactive."

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[-] roguetrick@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago

I wonder what they’ll make the coolant loops out of: steel glows at 900 deg Freedom

That's always been the problem with the reactors. High heat, corrosion resistant, and resistant to neutron spallation is a very very tall order.

https://thebulletin.org/2022/06/molten-salt-reactors-were-trouble-in-the-1960s-and-they-remain-trouble-today/

[-] Gabu@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Just use Duranium, duh

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