Comments by "David Elliott" (@davidelliott5843) on "The Fukushima Daiichi Disaster 2011 | Plainly Difficult Documentary" video.

  1. I would like you to take all of the safety issues covered with the PWR/BWR and run them against the Moltex Static Salt Reactor. The company say their reactor has none of the failure points associated with solid fuels and high pressure cooling. That makes them intrinsically safe and therefore cheap to build and operate.
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  2. Alvin Weinburg (who held the main patents for PWR reactors) always said they are fine for small power plants immersed in water as used in submarines and ships. However he said scaling up to utility scales is too risky after should not be done. This pioneer of nuclear power was immediately told to shut up or leave the industry. Three Mile Island happened about 5 years later. Weinburg ran the MSRE (molten salt reactor experimental) for five years during 1960s/70s. The MSR ran at atmospheric pressure - no need for high pressure pumped water and steam. It was also passively self- regulating. Weinburg disconnected the cooling loop while keeping the controls at full power. Completely passively, the reactor stayed well within temperature limits. Doing this with any PWR/BWR would cause a Fukushima type. accident.
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