Comment on A Thorium Reactor in the Desert Has Rewritten the Rules of Nuclear PowerComments−felixhammerl1yDid anyone figure out how to handle two fundamental problems of MSRs yet?1) Molten salt is corrosive as hell and will chew through your pipes.2) It can't be serviced. If it ever shuts down and solidifies, it cannot restart.−f_devd1yCopenhagen Atomics claims to have solved 1 [0], I believe point 2 is mentioned but not in detail.[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjHH8Qf3aO4−richardatlarge1ythe soviets had a mini sub program with reactors like that. the fleet barely made it into service before it was cancelled. I would not even want to tune up a car if it had to be running at the same time
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Did anyone figure out how to handle two fundamental problems of MSRs yet?
1) Molten salt is corrosive as hell and will chew through your pipes.
2) It can't be serviced. If it ever shuts down and solidifies, it cannot restart.
Copenhagen Atomics claims to have solved 1 [0], I believe point 2 is mentioned but not in detail.
[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjHH8Qf3aO4
the soviets had a mini sub program with reactors like that. the fleet barely made it into service before it was cancelled. I would not even want to tune up a car if it had to be running at the same time