[ RadSafe ] Molten Salt Reactor

[JPreisig at aol.com]

Leif,
 
      Is the salt in an aqueous solution and not  necessarily melted???
 
      Joe Preisig
 
      



In a message dated 8/17/2014 9:59:32 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  Leif.Dahls
kog at health.wa.gov.au writes:

I don't  get this sentence in the article.

"Since salt's melting point is  higher than the core temperature, even if 
power is lost and no one is around  to fix things, the reaction will 
eventually stop on its own."

I though  the salt was meant to be in a molten state. Anyone able to help 
me understand  this ?

Leif Dahlskog 
Radiation Health Branch 

Grace Vaughan  House|227 Stubbs Terrace|Shenton Park WA 6008 


-----Original  Message-----
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[mailto:radsafe-bounces at agni.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Sander Perle
Sent:  Sunday, 17 August 2014 10:49 PM
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Subject: [ RadSafe ] Molten Salt  Reactor

Here is a link I posted on LinkedIn last  night:
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/187917-startup-gets-funding-for-its-molte
n-salt-nuclear-reactor-that-eats-radioactive-waste

This  morning CNN¹s Fareed Zakaria GPS TV interviewed Dr. Leslie Dewan, 
CEO,  Transatomic Power Corporation. She graduated from MIT with a Ph.D. in 
nuclear  engineering, with a research focus on computational nuclear materials. 
She  also holds S.B. degrees from MIT in mechanical engineering and nuclear 
 engineering. Before starting her Ph.D., she worked for a robotics company 
in  Cambridge, MA, where she designed search-and-rescue robots and equipment 
for  in-field identification of biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons. 
Leslie  has been awarded a Department of Energy Computational Science 
Graduate  Fellowship and an MIT Presidential Fellowship. She was named a TIME 
Magazine  "30 People Under 30 Changing the World" in December 2013, an MIT 
Technology  Review "Innovator Under 35" in September 2013, and a Forbes "30 Under 
30" in  Energy in December 2012.

I recommend that if you have the time, you  should review the article as 
well as the  interview.

Regards,

Sandy Perle
Retired,  Consultant


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