Sentences with phrase «if reactor coolant»

Zirconium readily generates explosive hydrogen gas if reactor coolant stops circulating.

Not exact matches

«What it does is it takes different sorts of fuel materials such as plutonium or used nuclear fuel, it casts that into a metallic fuel, it puts it in a reactor that has liquid sodium as a coolant — and if you have liquid sodium as a coolant then the energies of the neutrons are higher so you can use a different fuel source.