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Chinese pebble-bed reactor passes “meltdown” test (www.ans.org)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

The other commenter mentioned some things, but another aspect is that, if I'm correctly remembering the design, they have a shorter refueling cycle. Whereas usually you'd have to shut down a reactor for around a month (couple weeks at least) Pebble Beds can operate continuously iirc.