New: molten-salt

aquacraft (25)in nuclear-power • 7 years ago
Why use salt to cool your reactor?
As I mentioned in a previous post, water is the worst coolant imaginable for a nuclear reactor. It remains liquid only at low temperatures (0-100 DegC) and then requires massive pressurization to…
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aquacraft (25)in thorium • 7 years ago
The most dangerous part of a nuclear reactor is not the fuel.
Despite what you may think, the most dangerous part of a conventional nuclear reactor is not the fuel; it is the water. Water boils at a ridiculously low 100 Deg C. This means that in order to…
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