Post #436,071
9/2/20 10:45:52 PM
9/2/20 10:53:15 PM
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May be, but it's just a small version of the classic design.
So, it potentially could have the classic problems. I'm more impressed with a revolutionary design, e.g. Terrestrial Energy. Molten salt is both coolant and fuel. But, it's Canadian! :)
Alex
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
-- Isaac Asimov
Edited by a6l6e6x
Sept. 2, 2020, 10:53:15 PM EDT
May be, but it's just a small version of the classic design.
So, it potentially could have the classic problems. I'm more impressed with a revolutionary design, e.g. Terrestrial Energy. Molten salt is both coolant and fuel. But, it's Canadian! :)
Alex
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
-- Isaac Asimov
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Post #436,072
9/3/20 5:50:04 PM
9/3/20 5:50:04 PM
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I like the safety design of the cooling issues, lose power motor quits holding up
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
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Post #436,073
9/3/20 7:40:33 PM
9/3/20 7:40:33 PM
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Like (at least one design for) the brakes on an elevator
It's held up by the middle of a leaf spring. If the cable snaps, the leaf spring flattens out pushing the ends against the rails.
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Post #436,079
9/4/20 4:05:31 AM
9/4/20 4:05:31 AM
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That simple Idea made Otis rich. I had an Idea once; why ain't I rich?
(I thought it would be cool to use quite more of The Sun™); no solar panels, Jeez! ..but at least there were water-or-other heat exchangers: a friend used to schlep items to Pacific Isles --for the natives' kick-start -- screw petroleum imports.
Next one: save/later sell Water before it's competing with Gold/Aurum (or the Rare Earth elements).
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Post #436,085
9/4/20 9:43:27 AM
9/4/20 9:43:27 AM
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Excuse me?
You need a cooling pool and a generator. That thing does not exist on its own and the only thing it puts out is steam in a closed loop.
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Post #436,088
9/4/20 11:59:31 AM
9/4/20 11:59:31 AM
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The rods will fall automatically if power is lost.
And there are other safeguards built around the coolant in the reactor itself.
Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
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Post #436,093
9/4/20 7:22:45 PM
9/4/20 7:22:45 PM
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Decent pr page
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Post #436,098
9/5/20 10:07:01 AM
9/5/20 10:07:01 AM
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I saw that, or one like it
The point was that site selection, design and prep becomes lots easier, then you truck in the pre-built reactors (plural) and set them up in the pool. Some existing generator sites could be converted, reusing the existing distribution infrastructure.
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