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I sense a new kind of nuclear power plant?!

• StreamBright 7y ago
  That would be amazing to get rid of the traditional boiling water part of nuclear power plants. Is this what you are thinking about?
  • jacobush 7y ago
    Yes, and especially for my pet daydream nuclear reactor in space, or on Mars, etc.
    • baybal2 7y ago
      Too bad, solar cell don't like much radiation. Add shielding and all mass benefit will be negated.
      • radarsat1 7y ago
        What about collecting the "waste" IR emissions from the heated water vapor?
        • baybal2 7y ago
          No, the whole trick with thermal PV is that you harvest the entire range from thermal infrared to near. A vapour will only glow so so in lower reaches of thermal IR range.