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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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[-] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago

highly corrosive and pyrophoric fuels and coolants that, following irradiation, will become highly radioactive

How true is this? Because a highly radioactive and highly corrosive material that like to catch fire spontaneously - well, that just doesn't sound like a good idea, yet obviously some people are considering it. What am I missing?

[-] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago

"Salt as a coolant is just superior to water, once you've got the engineering details hammered out," Smith told BI.

You're missing the "engineering details" I guess

[-] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago

Is that like the whole "magic occurs here" thing that I also never quite got?

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

Sounds like you get it now ;)

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