Comments by "Bob thebomb" (@bobthebomb1596) on "Sabine Hossenfelder" channel.

  1.  @jasonvene  There have been designs which feature a "swappable core" where the infrastructure for a number of SMR's would be put in place and sealed reactor modules would be delivered, used, stored temporarily then removed back to the manufacturer for reprocessing and disposal.
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  2.  @johnarnold893  No, I mentioned it just to distinguish it from solar thermal (or solar collection).
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  3.  @christopherfairs9095  It can yes, but to heat salt to process heat temperatures you might as well use the electricity to heat the process directly? With solar thermal heating fluid/salt is part of the collection process. True, in the right situation you might generate sufficient electricity to heat both the process and a salt storage system.
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  4. Thanks' for that, I understand so much better now. Well ok, it made about as much sense to me as carrying water in a sieve 😂😂😂
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  5. Should have gone to Specsavers. Oh and that's lose, not loose if we are being picky.
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  6. They don't, they will require some fissile to start the reactor (although they could use a neutron generator to start the breeding process).
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  7.  @Sciolist  That's why they are called breeder reactors, they turn fertile thorium into fissile uranium.
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  8. Not if you can produce the reactor vessels cheaply.
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  9. Greens, not the fossil fuel industry.
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  10. I knew there was a reason I hated physical chemistry at school!
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