Excellent "book" Robert! Congratulations! Let's get in touch! My name is Hugh Sharman. My email is sharman@incoteco.com and my phone/WhatsApp is +45 40551760
"Waterside new nuclear power plants use about half the cooling water of current ones."
That probably refers to water-cooled reactors, not Molten Salt Reactors; MSR heat that isn't used for industrial processes (electric generation, water desalination, etc) would simply remain in the reactor, the reactor materials can withstand far higher temperatures than the reactor ever gets, unlike LWR.
By new nuclear I emphasize new HOT nuclear technology which is able to convert heat flow to electricity more efficiently, thus producing less rejected heat. The example is the ThorCon molten salt reactor, with fission heat transferred at 704C to make 550C steam for a supercritical steam turbine.
Excellent "book" Robert! Congratulations! Let's get in touch! My name is Hugh Sharman. My email is sharman@incoteco.com and my phone/WhatsApp is +45 40551760
Thank you, Hugh. New Nuclear is HOT! is available from Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/New-Nuclear-HOT-Robert-Hargraves/dp/B0CWZTXXVV/ref=sr_1_1
"Waterside new nuclear power plants use about half the cooling water of current ones."
That probably refers to water-cooled reactors, not Molten Salt Reactors; MSR heat that isn't used for industrial processes (electric generation, water desalination, etc) would simply remain in the reactor, the reactor materials can withstand far higher temperatures than the reactor ever gets, unlike LWR.
By new nuclear I emphasize new HOT nuclear technology which is able to convert heat flow to electricity more efficiently, thus producing less rejected heat. The example is the ThorCon molten salt reactor, with fission heat transferred at 704C to make 550C steam for a supercritical steam turbine.