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To: cicero2k
Has the equipment that handles molten salt inside a closed loop been proven? Pumps, valves, heat exchangers, instrumentation?

A very corrosive environment with zero tolerance for failure. The equipment has been proven, just not in a good way. Looks good on paper though.


5 posted on 09/11/2015 10:05:53 AM PDT by 867V309 (Trump: Bull in a RINO Shoppe)
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Isn’t the point that, if it DOES fail it will drain away into the holding tank. Not do something spectacularly explosive and polluting.


8 posted on 09/11/2015 10:13:19 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: 867V309
A very corrosive environment with zero tolerance for failure.

Zero tolerance for failure? Failure is a safe shutdown without any outside controls or inputs.

The equipment has been proven, just not in a good way. Looks good on paper though.

Two different reactors ran for years.

21 posted on 09/11/2015 10:27:24 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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