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Remote Maintenance of Molten Salt Reactors [video]

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45 pointsbeefman6 comments

The beginning narration sounds very similar (down to choice of words and sentences) to the famous Turbo Encabulator text

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLDgQg6bq7o

I wonder if more systems were treated as 'radioactive' if that investment in being able to remotely repair them would pay off in the long term.

Can anybody figure out the year? Edit: I mean of the film?

50-60s is in the decscription but I should think it'll be this reactor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten-Salt_Reactor_Experiment...

"critical in 1965 and was operated until 1969"

There's a paper dated 1962 entitled "Remote Maintenance of the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment":

https://www.osti.gov/scitech/biblio/4780507-remote-maintenan...

Another related reference is Oak Ridge National Laboratory Review from Fall 1968, which includes the piece "MSRE into MSBR? The Hopes for ORNL's Molten Salt Reactor",† which includes descriptions of remote maintenance aspects.

https://www.ornl.gov/sites/default/files/ORNL%20Review%20v2n...

† Early Betteridge?

There was a film entitled "The Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment" produced in 1969 [0]. Some staff (including the writer-director and cameraman)[1], titling, and some shots are the same (though the end credits of the look more modern). I wouldn't be surprised if they made both films concurrently, though the maintenance film might be later. Does HN support (c1969)?

[0]: http://energyfromthorium.com/2016/10/16/ornl-msre-film/

[1]

"The Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment"

* Stephen Sinichak - Writer-Director

* C.K. Tipton - Assistant

* E.C. Sienknecht - Cameraman

* F.E. Frye - Assistant

* C.K. McGlothlan - Technical Advisor

"Remote Maintenance of Molten Salt Reactors"

* Stephen Sinichak - Writer-Director

* E. C. Sienknecht - Photographer

* Frank E. Frye - Assistant

That's likely enough archeology for today.

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