ThorCon nuclear reactor: Revision history

7 March 2024

• curprev 14:2714:27, 7 March 2024‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ 15,759 bytes +119‎ →‎Cost: add link to ThorCon/Production

20 January 2024

• curprev 12:5912:59, 20 January 2024‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ 15,640 bytes +51‎ fix links to ThorCon paper "Safeguards and Security"

11 January 2024

• curprev 05:2205:22, 11 January 2024‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ 15,589 bytes +313‎ →‎Weapons Proliferation: add note on detection of fissile material diversion.

9 January 2024

• curprev 07:0707:07, 9 January 2024‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ m 15,276 bytes −51‎ fix links
• curprev 07:0107:01, 9 January 2024‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ m 15,327 bytes −1‎ fix link

18 October 2023

• curprev 11:1711:17, 18 October 2023‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ 15,328 bytes +125‎ →‎Design Notes: FNRs require an initial load of enriched fissile material to "light the fire" before breeding can begin.
• curprev 11:1211:12, 18 October 2023‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ m 15,203 bytes 0‎ →‎Design Notes: including the actinides
• curprev 11:0711:07, 18 October 2023‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ 15,203 bytes +154‎ →‎Design Notes: clarify disadvantages of ThorCon

7 September 2023

• curprev 07:4707:47, 7 September 2023‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ m 15,049 bytes 0‎ correct ThorCon spelling
• curprev 07:4007:40, 7 September 2023‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ 15,049 bytes +43‎ →‎Weapons Proliferation: clarify difficulty of plutonium enrichment

9 August 2023

• curprev 11:5711:57, 9 August 2023‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ 15,006 bytes +17‎ →‎Weapons Proliferation: clarify difficulty of separating plutonium compared to uranium

8 August 2023

• curprev 14:3314:33, 8 August 2023‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ m 14,989 bytes +203‎ re-arrange refs add link to Tsvetkov 2011
• curprev 13:3313:33, 8 August 2023‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ 14,786 bytes +303‎ →‎Notes and References: add ref to Safeguards paper
• curprev 13:2413:24, 8 August 2023‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ 14,483 bytes +160‎ →‎Weapons Proliferation: add lead with link to paper Safeguards and Security
• curprev 10:3210:32, 8 August 2023‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ m 14,323 bytes −510‎ move refs to bottom
• curprev 02:4902:49, 8 August 2023‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ 14,833 bytes +998‎ →‎Weapons Proliferation: add link to version ThorCon's ''Safeguards and Security'' document, version 1.40

7 August 2023

• curprev 22:3022:30, 7 August 2023‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ 13,835 bytes +825‎ →‎Weapons Proliferation: add more on plutonium

24 May 2023

• curprev 21:5021:50, 24 May 2023‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ m 13,010 bytes +1‎ →‎Safety: add a comma
• curprev 21:3121:31, 24 May 2023‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ m 13,009 bytes −1‎ an -> a

7 May 2023

• curprev 18:5318:53, 7 May 2023‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ 13,010 bytes +2‎ →‎Cost: correct numbers per https://thorconpower.com/fuel/
• curprev 18:3418:34, 7 May 2023‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ m 13,008 bytes +1‎ MegaWatt-day
• curprev 13:1913:19, 7 May 2023‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ 13,007 bytes +141‎ →‎Waste Management: add footnote on value of spent fuel
• curprev 13:1213:12, 7 May 2023‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ 12,866 bytes +206‎ →‎Waste Management: move footnote re 80 years storage to main text
• curprev 12:2312:23, 7 May 2023‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ 12,660 bytes −235‎ →‎Waste Management: delete sentence on improving efficiency, redundant with discussion in Design Notes
• curprev 12:1712:17, 7 May 2023‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ 12,895 bytes +24‎ →‎Waste Management: clarify figures on total waste are assuming 91% capacity facto., 73 grams of SNF -> 81 grams per MWd

6 May 2023

• curprev 14:3414:34, 6 May 2023‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ m 12,871 bytes +1‎ spacing of footnotes from text
• curprev 14:3014:30, 6 May 2023‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ 12,870 bytes +83‎ →‎Cost: add fuel consumption per MW day
• curprev 14:1414:14, 6 May 2023‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ 12,787 bytes −17‎ →‎Safety: CZ not promoting the phrase "walk-away safe".
• curprev 12:0612:06, 6 May 2023‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ 12,804 bytes +28‎ →‎Waste Management: add 73 grams per MWd
• curprev 11:5611:56, 6 May 2023‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ m 12,776 bytes −8‎ No edit summary

20 March 2023

• curprev 17:0117:01, 20 March 2023‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ 12,784 bytes +16‎ →‎Waste Management: correct 343 to 172. Each of the four cans gets shipped out only once every 8 years.

8 March 2023

• curprev 02:4202:42, 8 March 2023‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ m 12,768 bytes 0‎ move "the"

5 March 2023

• curprev 06:4106:41, 5 March 2023‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ 12,768 bytes +509‎ add Kryuchkov to refs section
• curprev 06:2806:28, 5 March 2023‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ 12,259 bytes +21‎ →‎Weapons Proliferation: add reference to Kryuchkov 2011

3 January 2023

• curprev 12:0612:06, 3 January 2023‎ Pat Palmer talk contribs‎ m 12,238 bytes +4‎ No edit summary
• curprev 09:5509:55, 3 January 2023‎ Pat Palmer talk contribs‎ 12,234 bytes −43‎ removing "See all NPR" because the article is mentioned in the third line anyway.
• curprev 09:5409:54, 3 January 2023‎ Pat Palmer talk contribs‎ 12,277 bytes +189‎ Referring readers to the Debate Guide to "read what people are saying around the web" on the questions raised in Nuclear Power Reconsidered

2 October 2022

• curprev 15:1215:12, 2 October 2022‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ m 12,088 bytes 0‎ →‎Notes and References: spelling
• curprev 15:1215:12, 2 October 2022‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ 12,088 bytes +42‎ →‎Safety: clarify negative tempco, a difficult but important concept
• curprev 12:0912:09, 2 October 2022‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ m 12,046 bytes +4‎ fix named ref
• curprev 12:0312:03, 2 October 2022‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ 12,042 bytes +499‎ →‎Safety: Add note about negative temperature coefficient

1 October 2022

• curprev 10:1510:15, 1 October 2022‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ 11,543 bytes 0‎ →‎Safety: clarify "melt" plugs can be other than salt

19 May 2022

• curprev 11:1311:13, 19 May 2022‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ m 11,543 bytes +59‎ →‎Design Notes: re-arrange paragraph for bette flow

18 May 2022

• curprev 16:4616:46, 18 May 2022‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ m 11,484 bytes +102‎ →‎Design Notes: fix link to INL document for sulfur-iodine process
• curprev 16:3816:38, 18 May 2022‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ m 11,382 bytes −2‎ →‎Design Notes: indent note at top of paragraph
• curprev 16:2516:25, 18 May 2022‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ 11,384 bytes +73‎ →‎Design Notes: add link to S-I Process diagram
• curprev 14:3614:36, 18 May 2022‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ m 11,311 bytes −4‎ →‎Design Notes
• curprev 14:3014:30, 18 May 2022‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ m 11,315 bytes −78‎ →‎Design Notes: FNR
• curprev 14:2814:28, 18 May 2022‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ m 11,393 bytes −41‎ →‎Design Notes: fix link to graphic for SI process
• curprev 14:1414:14, 18 May 2022‎ David MacQuigg talk contribs‎ 11,434 bytes +544‎ →‎Design Notes: update high-temperature discussion