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To: shotgun; dynachrome

IIRC, the USS Seawolf used electromagnetic pumps to move the liquid sodium. Very whizzy for late 1950’s technology...


34 posted on 07/28/2021 11:38:38 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: rlmorel

And the scary part about that is liquid sodium does not react well with water. But fortunately the system is pressurized and there are no leaks


35 posted on 07/28/2021 11:45:47 AM PDT by shotgun
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