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I heard Bill Gates on a ted talk a long time about talking about some sort of nuclear power that would burn waste and was like a candle. I think this isn't tha

I heard Bill Gates on a ted talk a long time about talking about some sort of nuclear power that would burn waste and was like a candle. I think this isn't that.. but anyway, it'll be nice if we have excess power.

acidburnNSA 8y ago
That's the traveling wave reactor which is just a breeder that doesn't need reprocessing. The first will be sodium metal cooled (not salt). This is a fluid fuel reactor that has similar reprocessing reducing goals.