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Post by The Astronomer on Mar 12, 2017 12:45:40 GMT
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten_salt_reactorMSRs are said to be safer than traditional reactors, and thus showing a promising future. Is it possible to add this into the current game? Are all the formulas there, or do we have to create hypothetical formulas out of thin air? 
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Post by samchiu2000 on Mar 12, 2017 12:55:31 GMT
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten_salt_reactorMSRs are said to be safer than traditional reactors, and thus showing a promising future. Is it possible to add this into the current game? Are all the formulas there, or do we have to create hypothetical formulas out of thin air? Sodium coolant reactor? By the way this is the 1000th post of this forum~ |
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Post by Enderminion on Mar 12, 2017 16:51:13 GMT
yes they are in game, use sodium as coolant, Lead-Bismuth reactors are even safer and have moderating properties on the reactor core itself, though the soviet navy lost a sub because the Lead coolant froze at sea.
EDIT: we have sodium reactors in game, a salt reactor would use NaCl coolant rather then the Na coolant used by all the good reactors on the standards thread
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Post by n2maniac on Mar 12, 2017 19:11:54 GMT
So a request for NaCl coolant?
Or is it for turboelectrics (which aren't really necessary until thermoelectrics are fixed).
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Post by Delta40 on Mar 12, 2017 19:29:59 GMT
The salt isn't just the coolant in a MSR, it's the fuel.
Well actually it's both. In the inner cycle a mix of molten uraniumfluoride and other fluorin salts is used as fuel and coolant at the same time.
In a sodium or Lead-Bismuth cooled reactor you would still have a solid fuel. in a MSR the fuel is already molten so you can have core temperatures which are not limited by the meltingpoint of the fuel but the containment.
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Post by Enderminion on Mar 12, 2017 20:21:25 GMT
The salt isn't just the coolant in a MSR, it's the fuel. Well actually it's both. In the inner cycle a mix of molten uraniumfluoride and other fluorin salts is used as fuel and coolant at the same time. In a sodium or Lead-Bismuth cooled reactor you would still have a solid fuel. in a MSR the fuel is already molten so you can have core temperatures which are not limited by the meltingpoint of the fuel but the containment. ahh ok, I did not know there was a difference |
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Post by newageofpower on Mar 18, 2017 3:28:10 GMT
All tested and currently proposed MSRs operate far below the temperatures we run our reactor cores at. A reactor with TaHfC as it's solid-side machinery and using molten salts may offer advantages over our current CoADE reactors, but it's possible that a reactor using TaHfC encased liquid fuel pellets would be superior.
In either case, reactor design is extremely generalized in CoADE.
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Post by gorthaff on Apr 7, 2017 12:07:25 GMT
So am I getting it right, is the fission fuel its own colant here?
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Post by newageofpower on Apr 7, 2017 17:17:21 GMT
So am I getting it right, is the fission fuel its own colant here? Yep. The real advantage is in-situ fuel reprocessing. |
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Post by tuskerkerman on Apr 16, 2017 17:47:01 GMT
I've actually been wondering how liquid fueled reactors would work in a weightless environment. If I understand the MSRE and LFTR correctly, isn't buoyancy an important factor in their operation?
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Post by lawson on Apr 20, 2017 5:53:20 GMT
I've actually been wondering how liquid fueled reactors would work in a weightless environment. If I understand the MSRE and LFTR correctly, isn't buoyancy an important factor in their operation? afik, buoyancy is only needed to operate the freeze plug passive safety feature. Hard to replicate that in zero-G. |
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Post by RiftandRend on Apr 20, 2017 6:08:19 GMT
I've actually been wondering how liquid fueled reactors would work in a weightless environment. If I understand the MSRE and LFTR correctly, isn't buoyancy an important factor in their operation? afik, buoyancy is only needed to operate the freeze plug passive safety feature. Hard to replicate that in zero-G. You could have the fuel dump tank blocked by the freeze plug be evacuated of atmosphere. Then when the plug melts it should draw the liquid/gas fuel via pressure. |
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Post by coaxjack on Apr 20, 2017 19:38:07 GMT
Imagine the safety label on the outlet of that blowoff valve
WARNING:
RADIATION
EXTREME HEAT
CONTENTS PRESSURIZED
CAUSTIC MATERIALS
STAND CLEAR
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Post by Enderminion on Apr 20, 2017 19:41:52 GMT
WARNING: DO NOT OPEN IN OPERATIONS, MAY CAUSE RADIOACTIVE EXPLOSION AND LEAD TO NUCLEAR EXPLOSION
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Post by Pttg on Apr 20, 2017 22:45:11 GMT
Note: While this device is in operation, avoid being composed of materials that are sensitive to radiation, high heat, or oxidation.
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