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2. NN - One more question. Lead cooling in a reactor? Didn't know about this. Pumps circulating molten....

Mon May 5, 2025, 06:45 PM

May 5

.....lead like in a flow soldering machine?? This is a thing? How is the lead affected by the radiation? Thanks, as usual, for your patience.

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Another Sodium Cooled Fast Nuclear Reactor Licensed in Russia. [View all] NNadir May 5 OP

This figure of "1000 years" comes from where? NNadir May 5 #6

Thanks, NN, you never fail to educate the masses, me in particular. FadedMullet May 5 #7