Yeah, please get educated before you spew misinformation.
Molten salt is corrosive and explosive. Not even a new idea.
It's not explosive and the corrosive part is being worked on and long overdue technological advances are finally happening. From Stanford:
"Conclusion
These self-regulating, safe, and efficient reactors are a potentially useful as a portable or high efficiency choice as Generation IV reactors begin to move from R&D into production. While these reactors have numerous benefits when compared to current technologies, the corrosion and material loss of the containment system is one of the largest. Using high Nickel and Molybdenum content, experimenting with Manganese and other additive content, and reducing Iron and Chromium content has proven to be relatively effective for reducing corrosion. For MSRs to become a viable option, a more effective alloy or material should be used to lengthen the life of the containment structure and to maintain relatively pure salts."
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.
Yeah, please get educated before you spew misinformation.
It's not explosive and the corrosive part is being worked on and long overdue technological advances are finally happening. From Stanford:
"Conclusion These self-regulating, safe, and efficient reactors are a potentially useful as a portable or high efficiency choice as Generation IV reactors begin to move from R&D into production. While these reactors have numerous benefits when compared to current technologies, the corrosion and material loss of the containment system is one of the largest. Using high Nickel and Molybdenum content, experimenting with Manganese and other additive content, and reducing Iron and Chromium content has proven to be relatively effective for reducing corrosion. For MSRs to become a viable option, a more effective alloy or material should be used to lengthen the life of the containment structure and to maintain relatively pure salts."
http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2017/ph241/sunde1/
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.