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NNadir

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10. Then it's a fast spectrum reactor and far more interesting in my view.

Reply to John ONeill (Reply #9)

Sat Feb 1, 2025, 02:10 AM

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I'm not really a molten salt kind of guy anymore: I'm a liquid metals kind of guy, I guess, but FLINAK is, in my view, with some limitations, a wonderful molten salt inasmuch as it supports the fast neutron spectrum, critical to extension of uranium resources essentially to infinity.

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High-Temperature Ferrofluids Based on Molten Salts [View all] NNadir Jan 25 OP

Bridgeton Missouri would be happy for you to come and Dig up the West Lake Landfill part of it has thorium Oneear Jan 25 #1

I'm sure that in a wiser future, people will oblige. It's an extremely valuable resource if there is any hope... NNadir Jan 25 #2

I remember that you had said that you're not a molten salt kind of guy. StevieM Jan 29 #3

The most famous molten salt is Flibe, which is beryllium based with... NNadir Jan 29 #4

Fluorides John ONeill Friday #5

Someone once asked me to consult - for free - to make an MSR with lithium free BeF2 as the coolant. NNadir Friday #6

Copenhagen Atomics John ONeill Friday #7

Thanks. I've heard peripherally of this company, but have not accessed the details. We have entered a new... NNadir Friday #8

CopAtomx John ONeill Saturday #9

Then it's a fast spectrum reactor and far more interesting in my view. NNadir Saturday #10

Copenhagen Atomics design John ONeill Tuesday #11

Thanks John, for looking into it. It's an intriguing design. Of course, Denmark could build two large nuclear... NNadir Tuesday #12

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