On Fri, Jan 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM Brent Meeker <[email protected]> wrote:
> * > I'd say the reactor itself is quite safe. Any loss of control would > just melt the "freeze plug" and dump the reactor molten salt into an > underground chamber where it would cool to a glassy mass that's not water > soluble.The part I'd be more concerned with the external loop that > chemically separates the reaction products contaminating the liquid thorium > flouride to return the U233. These are the typically shorter half-life > fission nuclei* > *But none of the plumbing in a Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor is under high pressure like a conventional reactor is, so even if there is a leak it's not a catastrophe. End it produces a lot less nuclear waste. * *John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis>* nwg > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv38N3Xu_eLE%2BjDAPz_UC98i4vqVSA7wmYva_pOLr%3DtTbg%40mail.gmail.com.
