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> The Aurora advanced fission power plant, also known as fission battery, produces approximately 1.5MW of electric power, as well as possesses an ability to gen
by i_am_proteus 7y ago
> The Aurora advanced fission power plant, also known as fission battery, produces approximately 1.5MW of electric power, as well as possesses an ability to generate usable heat.
> The plant utilises metal fuel to generate heat, a superior fuel type which is established with decades of experimental data.
Understandable PR move, but still bizarre that the word "nuclear" appears nowhere in the article.
- mechhacker 7y agoThey specifically mention metal fuel which is an industry term for a type of nuclear fuel.
- brians 7y agoAlso fission. But there’s no way to get a quote that will go nookular from this.
- CarVac 7y ago> Furthermore, it demonstrated the natural shutdown behavior of the fuel, the use of a fission spectrum that can recycle fuel and ultimately convert nuclear waste to clean energy. It does have the word once.
- hliyan 7y agoAlso conspicuously absent: "radiation", "radioactive". I consider myself pro-nuclear, but this sort of omission tends to backfire when someone publicly draws attention to to it.
- protomyth 7y agoI'm impressed they went with the word battery. I would keep any hint of 'unclear' as far away as I could too.