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Originally Posted by Erasmus00
A friend of mine who is a nuclear engineer makes the claim that reactors that quench rather then runaway in an emergency situation are actually cheaper to build, though a quick google search finds no information on this idea. ...
-Will
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This sounds like a PBR (Pepple-Bed Reactor) to me. I have brought them up as alternative to fossil fuel in some other thread, but can't find it just now.
Damned if ya do, damned if ya don't. And breathe 2,3,4...hold...
Pebble bed reactor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A pebble-bed reactor thus can have all of its supporting machinery fail, and the reactor will not crack, melt, explode or spew hazardous wastes. It simply goes up to a designed "idle" temperature, and stays there. In that state, the reactor vessel radiates heat, but the vessel and fuel spheres remain intact and undamaged. The machinery can be repaired or the fuel can be removed. ...
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