It’s an early obsolete reactor + intentionally disabled safety systems + error by the safety supervisor

MSRs have intrinsic failsafes and are idiotproof

Straight fax

its just very ironic that the dirtiest and most dangerous form of energy is being advocated above other energy sources that are considered dirty

Coal plants? Yeah

a coal plant accident is nothing at all compared to nuclear

and say what you wish, accidents do happen and they will

Coal and oil cause far more damage

not so far, like i said i encourage you to research fukushima and the damage it has done to the environment

Look into the intrinsic safety features of MSRs

I know Fukushima was bad and will have lasting environmental effects

the fukushima disaster was considered an extinction level event for all species on the planet, coal and oil got nothing on that

Wut

What

i encourage you to reasearch it more

Coal and oil are actually causing far more damage every day than nuclear ever will

By emissions alone

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Nukes cause big damage

those are assertions without science to back them js

But in order to beat coal and oil

We would need to fire off five nukes

Nuclear meltdowns are nothing like nukes

In how they work

well, reactors are different than nukes, reactors are continuous nuclear disasters when they meltdown

i agree icy

no

A meltdown only occurs in the core of a reactor

While there may be radiation leaks, Chernobyl and Fukushima were caused by explosions due to failure of machines and build up of pressure

https://youtu.be/RUFyvtp-QOQ

Thorium MSRs won’t have major incidents like those we’ve seen with LWRs

perhaps not

Because they’re damn near impossible

@Rigg5 nice video game

Don't spoil the final boss

Chernobyl was caused due to the build up of superheated steam in the core that was ejected outwards when the control rods were inserted back in

Fukushima was a freak accident due to the electric generators for the coolant pumps being shut off, and the diesel generators also being destroyed by the tsunami

Neither scenario would cause an incident with a MSR

Who ever asked about the shooting- i think some are real- i was at the Wal-Mart when the shooting in el Paso happened

Inherently safe design (safety by passive components and the strong negative temperature coefficient of reactivity of some designs). In some designs, the fuel and the coolant are the same fluid, so a loss of coolant removes the reactor's fuel. Unlike steam, fluoride salts dissolve poorly in water, and do not form burnable hydrogen. Unlike steel and solid uranium oxide, molten salts are not damaged by the core's neutron bombardment.