Nuclear reactor fail-safe systems, explained
Posted by Josh Taylor / July 3, 2017
Nuclear power causes a lot of controversy, mostly because people are afraid of nuclear power plants exploding. This video explains the safety precautions in place to prevent that.
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What about all the waste product left over from running a reactor 20-80 years? It has nowhere to go!
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Dry cask storage is currently the approved method for storing nuclear waste outside the reactor. Do you think the Government would actually just throw this material into dumpsters?
The problem with this video is that it creates a false view of the FAIL SAFE system. It leaves out 2 important points. 1) the Fail Safe systems require power to be available for an action to be take… no power no Fail Safe. 2) that the real danger in a failure situation is not the “nuclear” reaction but the high pressure water/steam.
I support Nuclear Power, but think it is time to transition to a safer system than High Pressure Reactors. Transitioning to safer systems like the LFTR (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_fluoride_thorium_reactor).
The problem facing Nuclear power are a result of the lack of continuing development of alternate systems.
CHARLESH LFTR system consume much of the waste fuel laying around at sites. This results in a MUCH smaller waste problem with most of the recovery/reuse done onsite, reducing transportation of radioactives.