Comment Comment by onlyrealcuzzo The technology didn't exist yet.The first one was built in 2021 and went into commercial operation in 2023: https://www.ans.org/news/article-6241/china-pebblebed-reacto...It was conceptualized in the 50s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebble-bed_reactorBut there were a number of limiting factors that led to people building reactors that could meltdown, but were incredibly unlikely - see Fukushima - it didn't technically meltdown - even in a VERY bad scenario with a good bit of human error. parent onlyrealcuzzo 2 years ago
The first one was built in 2021 and went into commercial operation in 2023: https://www.ans.org/news/article-6241/china-pebblebed-reacto...
It was conceptualized in the 50s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebble-bed_reactor
But there were a number of limiting factors that led to people building reactors that could meltdown, but were incredibly unlikely - see Fukushima - it didn't technically meltdown - even in a VERY bad scenario with a good bit of human error.