Comment on Why Fukushima made me pro nukesparentComments−CountSessine15yPebble bed in particular, if I recall, is passively safe precisely because it resists waste heat.−pjscott15yLet's be more precise here: some of the pebble bed designs offer passive decay heat removal. The PB-AHTR, for example, gets this handy property from its choice of coolant and geometry.
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Pebble bed in particular, if I recall, is passively safe precisely because it resists waste heat.
Let's be more precise here: some of the pebble bed designs offer passive decay heat removal. The PB-AHTR, for example, gets this handy property from its choice of coolant and geometry.