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minus-squareuser134450@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·7 months agoAre there any molten salt reactor designs that do not use water as a coolant?
minus-squareJyek@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoMolten salt reactors use salt as the coolant
minus-squareuser134450@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months 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.