publius on Nostr: We'll see if they can make it work, given the well-known problems of materials ...

We'll see if they can make it work, given the well-known problems of materials compatibility problems and coolant freezing.

What I want to explore is using a Loeffler boiler. It appears to me that the sodium-steam heat exchanger, which never contains liquid or two-phase water, should make high reliability easier to achieve at lower fabrication cost. The biggest change from Phenix to Superphenix was in the boilers, and was supposed to make them cheaper. Didn't quite work out!