[GraceG]

Name one Nuclear Reactor Design that is inherently safe when the power goes out in Facility? Meaning power goes out reactor just shuts down and doesn’t explode.

[Jonty30]

I can’t wait to see what improvements have come about over the last thirty years.

[JRandomFreeper]

Thorium reactors are supposed to be much safer in that regard. Google TechTalks on YouTube has a good presentation on that.

/johnny

[patton]

Pebble bed reactor using helium as the working fluid.

It just goes to sleep.

It is also known as a “self-damping reactor.”

[Tribune7]

Fukushima daiichi survived a 9 magnitude earthquake and would have survived a 30-foot tsunami but for human error.

Coal, natural gas, hydro-electric dams, windmills, all have risks.

The greatest risk, though, is to do nothing which means you either freeze to death or starve to death.

[seowulf]

Naval Nuclear Reactors

[Repeal The 17th]

“...Name one Nuclear Reactor Design that is inherently safe...”
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Name anything that is inherently safe.

[Ditto]

Name one Nuclear Reactor Design that is inherently safe when the power goes out in Facility? Meaning power goes out reactor just shuts down and doesn’t explode.

The AP1000® pressurized water reactor works on the simple concept that, in the event of a design-basis accident (such as a coolant pipe break), the plant is designed to achieve and maintain safe shutdown condition without any operator action and without the need for ac power or pumps. Instead of relying on active components such as diesel generators and pumps, the AP1000 relies on the natural forces of gravity, natural circulation and compressed gases to keep the core and containment from overheating.

This is the plant that will be built in Georgia.