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Idea discussion - How useful are super freezers as an additional powerless safety precaution?
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March 16th, 2011
I’m not sure whether anyone has already thought about this:
The installation of a large super freezer containing 1 million cubic feet of ice (100-foot cube) with a temperature of -76 F, and located above the containment structure. In case of a total power loss including all backup generators this might be more effective than the use of batteries. Heat from the containment area would slowly melt the ice. Cold water would be mixed with boric acid to cool the reactor core without the use of pumps (gravity only).
There are already commercial companies specializing in super freezers, for example
Any thoughts?
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