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minus-squareuser134450@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·7 days agoAre there any molten salt reactor designs that do not use water as a coolant?
minus-squareJyek@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 days agoMolten salt reactors use salt as the coolant
minus-squareuser134450@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoMaybe the primary coolant but all the designs i’ve seen so far use water for the secondary coolant / working fluid.
Are there any molten salt reactor designs that do not use water as a coolant?
Molten salt reactors use salt as the coolant
Maybe the primary coolant but all the designs i’ve seen so far use water for the secondary coolant / working fluid.