negative thermal coefficient of reactivity
1 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 31, 2024 by Doug Bernauer · across every show →
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May 31, 2024 positive
Uranium's negative thermal coefficient automatically shuts microreactors down if cooling fails
“If that helium pump fails, the system will start to heat up. And as it heats up, it doesn't even need to heat up very much. It heats up a little bit. The reactor goes subcritical and shuts itself off. And this is
this is true for most reactor technologies bec…”