I don’t really know anything about this topic, but I heard there are new designs of nuclear fission plants that are much safer and “unmeltdownable”? Called Molten Salt Reactors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten_salt_reactor
I don’t think it’s molten salt reactors. I learned it as small modular reactors (SMR) which naturally cooled to safe temperatures if they lost power and water.
Sure, but we shouldn’t be using only one type of nuclear reactor anyway – we can deploy the SMR design for more populated areas where safety is paramount, and then run breeder reactors in uninhabited areas to convert the SMR waste back into fuel.
I don’t really know anything about this topic, but I heard there are new designs of nuclear fission plants that are much safer and “unmeltdownable”? Called Molten Salt Reactors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten_salt_reactor
I don’t think it’s molten salt reactors. I learned it as small modular reactors (SMR) which naturally cooled to safe temperatures if they lost power and water.
Right, but it still expensive and it makes +30% of wastes
Sure, but we shouldn’t be using only one type of nuclear reactor anyway – we can deploy the SMR design for more populated areas where safety is paramount, and then run breeder reactors in uninhabited areas to convert the SMR waste back into fuel.
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Still meltable. They are “safe” in a way current nuclear super-powers are safe at being superpowers. Safe for status-quo.