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by aetherson 3382 days ago
Guys. It's a pun. This how article titles work. Welcome to the last 50 years of American journalism.
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The pun is fine. The noun/verb confusion on 'claims' is an issue.
But how would a reactor claim anything?
Melting Molten Salt Reactor Claim Claims Yet Another Startup as Casualty?
Molten Salt Reactor claims "It was I who allowed the alliance to know the location of the shield generator."
You can omit "a spokesman for".
Except molten salt reactors (MSRs) do NOT have meltdowns.
Right... "they're already melted!" as the adage goes. They do exhibit passive decay heat removal, which is a major safety advantage allowing for walk-away safety. The thing that has not been demonstrated at commercial scale yet though is whether or not the already-melted fuel can be contained properly without plating out all over the heat exchangers, etc. I'm sure it can be done. Just will take some patience.
HN has been on an extreme title pedantry kick for a bit now. Hoping it cools off a little.
What is the expected half-life of the cooling period?
I thought the pun was obvious; after all, that would be a waste of unspent material.....
"Extreme pedantry"! I like the sound of that! Makes me want to listen to some MC Frontalot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7sKhHPKqAc
These kinds of puns have been around nearly as long as newspapers themselves.