Some of the reasons why people say that molten salt reactors(aka thorium) are inherently (aka passive) safe is because this type of reactor is not pressurized, contains no hydrogen, and is controlled by natural control reactions(aka negative void) that don’t require human intervention.
The same cannot now be said about the Rossi reactor design. The reason why navel reactors designs are safe is because they are small. Whenever an energy source is upscaled, dangers are introduced. On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Michele Comitini < [email protected]> wrote: > > I still support nuclear power because it beats coal, but anyone who > supports > > it should realize that it has significant risks, mainly because of human > > error. > > This is a design error. Humans behavior is unpredictable, so you > cannot make such a dangerous technology depend so much > on human intervention. > Also even if people tend to forget, uranium fueled reactors are based > on stochastic behavior: if for any reason at a time the moderation is > weaked, > no one can ever tell which will be the behavior of the system in the > next times, just probabilities. > That is why if fission has to remain, it is better to go for thorium > fueled reactors which are deterministic systems. > > Said that let's hope no diesel engine stops for more than 3 hours... > for any reason. > >
