4/26/2025 at 7:53:19 AM
Did anyone figure out how to handle two fundamental problems of MSRs yet?1) Molten salt is corrosive as hell and will chew through your pipes.
2) It can't be serviced. If it ever shuts down and solidifies, it cannot restart.
by felixhammerl
4/26/2025 at 8:53:50 AM
Copenhagen Atomics claims to have solved 1 [0], I believe point 2 is mentioned but not in detail.by f_devd
4/26/2025 at 8:38:29 AM
the soviets had a mini sub program with reactors like that. the fleet barely made it into service before it was cancelled. I would not even want to tune up a car if it had to be running at the same timeby richardatlarge