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Isn’t the point that, if it DOES fail it will drain away into the holding tank.

These schemes always look good on paper. Lewis Strauss, head of AEC in the 50's, said nukes would make electricity "Too cheap to meter." We'll all have flying automobiles before that happens.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Oh, it ought to be tested well in a lab. But to simulate failures shouldn’t be hard.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Nukes were to prove to have the big problem that the radioactivity corroded the equipment making it easier to behave less than perfectly.

If someone has come up with a better solution to the problem of failing, which not a whether question but a when question, it deserves respect. If it is expected to melt down upon failure, and it is designed to catch the meltdown if it does, then we have a promising design. Don’t try to evade the failure mode; instead harness it.