The Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment
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2016-10-14に共有
Thanks to Y-12 for the collection, preservation and digitization of this and other historic films.
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These old documentaries are great because the information isn't dumbed down like in the newer documentaries. Straight up informative and almost tutorial-like films you could build your own salt reactors based on.
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Anyone else humbled by the incredible quality of components and the meticulous assembly that was required? What a beautiful contraption!
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Keep in mind folks, this was figured out with slide rule and drafting tables....just like the SR 71. AMAZING!
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15:42 "Another feature of the MSRE is its high-speed digital computer." Priceless.
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This film has quite a lot of engineering detail!
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ORNL thank you thank you thank you... thank you for digging this up and posting it.
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extraordinary that only five years were required from first concepts on paper (may 1960) to first criticality (june 1 1965), keeping in mind the absence of computer modelling and design, the small team and the completely new materials that had to be designed and invented. It remains strange that humanity has not really seen a nuclear age except in the negative sense of the word.
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Did a radiological survey up there, Boeing did an amazing job of clearing the sector, and I only found one fragment that had anything above background. It was incomplete, but I felt fairly safe just 300 feet from the old reactor.
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I love these old style documentaries, there is something oddly nostalgic about the music and even the voice even though it's way before my time. Wonder why we don't use these reactors today, seems they are pretty efficient.
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This is so rad! I love that it's original and classically resembles educational films of the era, and obviously that it simply and fully explains the working of the MSRE. I hope we get many, many of these reactors up and running sooner than later to replace coal for our baseline electricity needs. Thank you so much ORNL!
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after watching Gordon's other videos with Kirk Sorenson for the thousanth time in the last few months. now here is this gem.
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I was digging through my dads storage unit and found a text book called nuclear reactor engineering from 1962. There is a page dedicated to the MSRE at oak ridge. My dad was considering a career in nuclear energy in the early 60 but decided to focus on electroplating
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"high speed digital computer" [wheels start turning] LOL
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When the narrator says that the reactor was "stable at all power levels," that is something that is mind blowing. These reactors load follow and are intrinsically self-regulating! Meltdowns would be impossible.
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I honestly love these old informational videos, if not only for the music.
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In case of earthquake, all you had to do just follow the steps. Step 1: Shut down the MSR. Step 2: Drain into the "Drain Tank", both fuel and coolant. Step 3: Inspect the MSR modules after "bad" events. Step 4: Repair the MSR. Step 5: Remelt the salt from the drain tank for testing. Step 6: Test the MSR before normal operation. If succeeds, you may go back to operation. But if fails (e.g. the pipe leaks), repeat to step 1. (Note: You need power backup for emergency power, and remelting the salt, both fuel and coolant.)
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I love this reactor, and I am working with other folks to make this a reality today.
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The intern's shoulders slumped as tasks were delegated. Off to empty another room of archives for potential server space. Then, eyes brightening, an exclamation "What, ho?! Film reels!! Molten Salt!! Stand back ye fiend of age, all shall be made light. Though dark and weary deals have seized thine visage, and memory lost to time... To the interweb-o-nets with ye. Post Haste!!" We're all grateful, whoever you are.
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Holy moly, the diagram at 19:26 is almost exactly the same as the one presented for the 2000 GenIV forum, 40 years later.
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We need to bring this back on line.