Apparently, TerraPower's TWR design doesn't actually burn from the top down like a candle anymore. I guess it's easier to put all the cooling apparati around on

Apparently, TerraPower's TWR design doesn't actually burn from the top down like a candle anymore. I guess it's easier to put all the cooling apparati around one criticality region and then move the fuel through. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveling_wave_reactor#Travelling_wave_vs._standing_wave http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveling_wave_reactor#Travelli...