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by goodSteveramos 925 days ago
Molten salt reactors with circulating fuel salts are hopelessly complex and totally impractical. There is no way China will ever actually build this. To understand why take a look at the amount of robotic equipment required to maintain the primary loop of this reactor mockup at ORNL:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=uHT-w2x6dDg