I worked directly on her. She is about a Gen II light. Requires operator actions within seconds to prevent core damage.
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Nope. Peeing on your supporters trying to bolster your business is not good for business. You effected construction, not design. And no about seconds to react. If that were true, we’d be melting down. You would suggest we’ve made no improvements in 60 years.
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The US Navy has essentially used the same design reactor since the 1960s. They have made minor tweaks to materials and equipment. The fact is that operators have as little 10 seconds to react to casualties in order to prevent damaging the reactor.
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Nope. Name a reactor that you have contributed to the design. The details and improvements are subtle.
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I can look at the RPA for the Reactors and can tell you that aren’t designed for 72 hour passive safety or more which is what GEN III offers.
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I helped design them. You did not. Lecturing me gets you deeper
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So how long do they last without human intervention?
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Gen 2/3 LWR can go days/weeks/months while base loaded. One went two years. During load shedding, operators need to be on point, just like a Gen4. The challenge for Gen4 is class D fires. Pipes break. Sodium ignites uranium and plutonium.
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TerraPower is lying about their design being meltdown proof (on paper)?
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No one intends to be misleading. It’s based on a old concept. Prototypes were built. And it’s a design on paper. You have to build it and try to melt it down. Then you have evidence. All the existing designs did this. They (we) have good intentions.
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Sounds like we are on the same page. The GEN 4 designs are meant to be meltdown safe but only testing would tell us for sure.
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Yes sir. We are all hoping. I hope. I think. Class D fires are the only real issue. What one does, is build one with electric rods for fuel. And prove it. That has been done for every design. We used to actually melt down prototypes; no longer in fashion these days.
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