Molten Salt Reactors already lost to the Liquid Metal Reactors. Latter are cheaper, more reliable and don't need specific materials for cooling system with all advantages of Molten Salt Reactors. Also, use of liquid metal as coolant allow building of reliable fast neutron reactors, that are necessary for closing fuel cycle of NPPs.
There are operational LMRs in many countries already, Most powerful was build in France with more than 1.2GW electric power, but it was a prototype and reached 95% of power in 1996 and was decommisioned in 1997.
Currentrly, fast neutron LMRs works in Russia (commercial), China and India (prototypes).
LMR reactor allow to build very small reactors, Pratt&Wittney examined it as possible power unit of never implemented nuclear plane.
LMRs heavily used on icebreakers and submarines.
Most popular coolants are sodium and lead or lead-bismuth alloy.
Nuclear Power Plants are not complex. The difference from coal plants is just a heater.
Also, do you know, that ash dump of coal power station is more radioactive than working NPP? Of course not to the level to be really harmful for humans, but still more radioactive. :)
Exactly Liquid Metal Fast Neutron Reactors solve the problem with waste. Waste of regular slow neutron NPPs is a fuel for fast neutron NPPs. Waste of fast neutron NPPs is a fuel for slow neutron NPPs. Finally you get waste with short-living isotopes in small amounts. Also, you get up to 50% of energy from uranium ore, instead of 3% for regular non-closed fuel cycle.
I think we'll go decades without things like new jetliners as global supply chains continue to breakdown.. good luck sourcing exotic parts for a NPP.
All exotic parts for NPPs are produced locally here, from local resources.
Meanwhile jetliners production already ressurected too. New batch of MC-21 already assembling in Irkutsk. Funny, due to the sanctions, composite materials for plane wings will be produced locally by Rosatom, corporation that build NPPs. Fuck ICAO engine noise restrictions that nearly killed IL-96. Also, there planned supersonic passenger plane. Fuck reptiloids with their prohibition of human supersonic flights.
Molten Salt Reactors already lost to the Liquid Metal Reactors. Latter are cheaper, more reliable and don't need specific materials for cooling system with all advantages of Molten Salt Reactors. Also, use of liquid metal as coolant allow building of reliable fast neutron reactors, that are necessary for closing fuel cycle of NPPs.
There are operational LMRs in many countries already, Most powerful was build in France with more than 1.2GW electric power, but it was a prototype and reached 95% of power in 1996 and was decommisioned in 1997.
Currentrly, fast neutron LMRs works in Russia (commercial), China and India (prototypes).
LMR reactor allow to build very small reactors, Pratt&Wittney examined it as possible power unit of never implemented nuclear plane.
LMRs heavily used on icebreakers and submarines.
Most popular coolants are sodium and lead or lead-bismuth alloy.
Thanks, this is a really great explaination.
Nuclear Power Plants are not complex. The difference from coal plants is just a heater.
Also, do you know, that ash dump of coal power station is more radioactive than working NPP? Of course not to the level to be really harmful for humans, but still more radioactive. :)
Exactly Liquid Metal Fast Neutron Reactors solve the problem with waste. Waste of regular slow neutron NPPs is a fuel for fast neutron NPPs. Waste of fast neutron NPPs is a fuel for slow neutron NPPs. Finally you get waste with short-living isotopes in small amounts. Also, you get up to 50% of energy from uranium ore, instead of 3% for regular non-closed fuel cycle.
All exotic parts for NPPs are produced locally here, from local resources.
Meanwhile jetliners production already ressurected too. New batch of MC-21 already assembling in Irkutsk. Funny, due to the sanctions, composite materials for plane wings will be produced locally by Rosatom, corporation that build NPPs. Fuck ICAO engine noise restrictions that nearly killed IL-96. Also, there planned supersonic passenger plane. Fuck reptiloids with their prohibition of human supersonic flights.