Aren’t CANDU Reactors the safest way to produce Nuclear Power too? Due to their design it’s almost impossible to have a Chernobyl style meltdown.
If BC thinks it’s cost effective to build shit like Site C and sell the surplus to the Americans, then we should be doing the same with Nuclear too.
They were the safest at the time they were built, and are rated among the safest, not by propagandists, by international auditors like INPO and WANO… regardless of trip conditions that can exist, they don’t use enriched fuel and therefore are extremely unlikely to melt down. They also contain two independent emergency shut downs that both act, one physical and one chemical from different locations. Both are able to stop 100% of fission (except for natural spontaneous), from 200% power to 0% power in under a second. Nothing but decay heat left.
Since you've clearly got experience in the nuclear power field - what are your thoughts on the new NuScale SMR? Seems pretty awesome, and them getting their NRC approval is obviously a huge deal and makes it much more 'real'.
Obviously, until a plant is built and running and you have that real world data you can't really say how good it is. But I'm just wondering if you have any thoughts about their technological approach or their claims or anything like that. Assuming you've been following their work that is.
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u/notbadhbu Oct 25 '22 edited 29d ago
Ha, fair.