Chinese nuclear reactor is completely meltdown-proof (archive.ph)

submitted 3 months ago by theangriestbird@beehaw.org to c/environment@beehaw.org

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[-] baggins@beehaw.org 8 points 3 months ago

Allegedly

[-] senseamidmadness@beehaw.org 3 points 3 months ago

You should read the article -- they actually tested and proved it won't melt down when it loses all active cooling.

[-] baggins@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago

Yes we know. But history has a way of proving absolute certainties wrong.

[-] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago

They call it: 泰坦尼克号

[-] senseamidmadness@beehaw.org 8 points 3 months ago

That's awesome -- for folks who didn't read the article they actively tested the reactor's passive cooling by shutting off all its power systems. It cooled itself to ambient temperature with no meltdown in less than 35 hours with no active coolant flow.

[-] OmnipotentEntity@beehaw.org 7 points 3 months ago

Iirc, some SMR designs also have this property designed, though this is the very first I've heard of it actually being tested at scale.

[-] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 4 points 3 months ago

Exactly! It actually seems very promising.

[-] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 5 points 3 months ago

Has it met the titanic?

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