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I wonder if it would make sense to house these reactors in underground facilities to the extent possible to harden them against at least accidental threats?
by berkeleynerd 2y ago
I wonder if it would make sense to house these reactors in underground facilities to the extent possible to harden them against at least accidental threats?
- ekianjo 2y agohow do you cool them if they are underground?
- ttepasse 2y agoThat was a weird thought I had when the Japanese had problems actively cooling the destroyed Fukushima reactors: :Could one build reactors underground, so that in the case of need you can cool them by gravity alone without futzing around with diesel generators and high volume pumps? (I'm sure there are 500 reasons why that’s a bad idea)
- the_third_wave 2y agoThis was already done in Sweden [1] and is something the Swedish defence forces have suggested for the coming nuclear expansion in the country. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85gesta_Nuclear_Plant https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85gesta_Nuclear_Plant