XPost: comp.os.linux.misc, alt.politics, alt.economy   
   XPost: talk.politics.misc   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 06/11/2024 21:46, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:   
      
   >    From a few negative experiences, the one thing you REALLY   
   >    need to guard against is some kind of melt-down. To that   
   >    end, "pebble bed" reactors are THE solution. Word is that   
   >    China is building a number of them right now.   
   >   
   SMRs are also meltdown proof, in practice.   
   But a meltdown as in 3MI or Fukushima is by itself only a destroyed   
   reactor. It represents no public danger.   
      
      
   >    The thermodynamic efficiency of pebble beds isn't AS great   
   >    as with some modern designs, but the SAFETY factor is   
   >    WORTH it IMHO.   
   >   
   Same for SMRs.   
      
   >   
      
   --   
   "And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch".   
      
   Gospel of St. Mathew 15:14   
      
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