Sentences with phrase «water reactors remain»

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The report's conclusions, released in a preview last year, are that light water reactors, the mainstay of the U.S. fleet, will remain the «preferred option» for U.S. nuclear plants for decades.

Because SiC reacts slowly with water, even under normal conditions it degrades less and can remain in a reactor core longer.

Even if the costs could be squared — which nowadays looks doubtful, given the pre-eminence of light - water reactor technology these days — there remains that other great objection.

All of the remaining reactors, however, will remain offline until they have been upgraded to meet extended safety requirements, such such as the provision of alternative power supplies, multiple sources of cooling water, back - up control rooms and venting to prevent hydrogen escape.

Lynas goes on, of course, to explain why he remains in support of harnessing nuclear energy, particularly through advanced reactor designs that don't come with the waste stream and complexity of the light - water reactor design that dominates the industry today — overgrown terrestrial versions of the power source in nuclear submarines.

Flouride salts hold heat almost as well as water, so make for good coolant, but remain liquid up to 1300C, so unlike water - cooled reactors can operate at higher temperatures, for better efficiency, and without pressurized vessels, making them both safer and less costly.