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Molten Salt Reactors enjoy 15 minutes of fame
Nuclear Engineering International ^ | 11 June 2014

Posted on 02/21/2015 8:34:55 AM PST by ckilmer

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To: Oliviaforever; packrat99
You're thinking of a Morton Salt Reactor.

Those can blow, too.


21 posted on 02/22/2015 8:06:30 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: OneWingedShark
MSRs have several benefits over current LWRs: molten fuel allows 30 times greater burnup than solid fuel, eliminates the risk of LOCAs

>>News you might find interesting.<<

I might, if only I knew what LWRs and LOCAs were.

22 posted on 02/22/2015 8:11:50 AM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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I might, if only I knew what LWRs and LOCAs were.

LOCA Loss-of-coolant accident
LWR  Light water reactor

23 posted on 02/22/2015 8:39:49 AM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Larry Lucido

Brilliant.


24 posted on 02/22/2015 8:43:03 AM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: OneWingedShark

Thank you.


25 posted on 02/22/2015 8:48:19 AM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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