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Nuclear heats up water to turn steam turbines to generate power. There’s still that loss from heat source to electricity stage they have to figure out.
The molten salt acts as both a heat storage buffer, and a backup shell if things go wrong. But if there’s a catastrophic failure and seawater gets in, the salt will dissolve in water and spew potentially radioactive particles far and wide. Not sure this is a good idea for use in water. At least, on land the molten salt will stay put.
Nuclear heats up water to turn steam turbines to generate power. There’s still that loss from heat source to electricity stage they have to figure out.
Source: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/students/science-101/how-does-nuclear-power-plant-make-electricity
The molten salt acts as both a heat storage buffer, and a backup shell if things go wrong. But if there’s a catastrophic failure and seawater gets in, the salt will dissolve in water and spew potentially radioactive particles far and wide. Not sure this is a good idea for use in water. At least, on land the molten salt will stay put.