It looks like the USA has given the go ahead for Bill Gates energy group to build it's demonstrator Natrium reactor.
It's based on a long standing design using molten sodium that has been used in nuclear subs for decades, and is also a technology that is used in solar thermal. Sodium melts at relatively low temperatures, ~ 100°C.
It will also be the same fundamental technology the French use for small modular reactors Macron announced.
https://natriumpower.com
https://nuclear.gepower.com/build-a-plan...iew/prism1
Do you still think it's coincidence we've now bought into nuclear subs?
I see this as the fastest way to net zero, and far more sustainable than the renewables sector which seems to ignore the limited availability of rare resources in it's solution.
I suspect the step beyond this will be pebble bed reactors, bridging the gap that ultimately ends in fusion.
It's based on a long standing design using molten sodium that has been used in nuclear subs for decades, and is also a technology that is used in solar thermal. Sodium melts at relatively low temperatures, ~ 100°C.
It will also be the same fundamental technology the French use for small modular reactors Macron announced.
https://natriumpower.com
https://nuclear.gepower.com/build-a-plan...iew/prism1
Do you still think it's coincidence we've now bought into nuclear subs?
I see this as the fastest way to net zero, and far more sustainable than the renewables sector which seems to ignore the limited availability of rare resources in it's solution.
I suspect the step beyond this will be pebble bed reactors, bridging the gap that ultimately ends in fusion.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"