Part 6/9:
The Safety and Benefits of TRISO Reactors
TRISO fuel's design offers a significant safety advantage over traditional reactor cores. Because of its inherent containment properties, reactors using TRISO fuel can operate with a lower risk profile, allowing the site boundary to be closer, reducing land usage and minimizing danger during severe accidents—a stark contrast to traditional light-water reactors, which have stricter safety distancing due to their vulnerabilities, as exemplified by Fukushima.