Re: Whats the sodium for?

[frank@zk3.dec.com]

  >stem. Liquid sodium is an excellent heat conductor - it is used on some
  >nuclear sumbarines for cooling reactors.

Only the Sovs tried using sodium as the primary coolant.  It was a foolish
and fatal mistake.  They were always willing to take risks that we wouldn't.
Sometimes they paid off, such as with titanium pressure hulls.  The sodium
boats were *extremely* dangerous failures.

--Doug

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