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It is said that most reactors in the U.S. only use 2% of the available power within the fuel, and the best designs top out at 30%. How is the fuel efficiency f
by chasil 3y ago
It is said that most reactors in the U.S. only use 2% of the available power within the fuel, and the best designs top out at 30%.
How is the fuel efficiency for this design?
Walk-away safe is a major benefit, and is worth some sacrifice of efficiency.
- fbdab103 3y agoIs the uncaptured power completely gone during processing or does it remain embedded in the "nuclear waste"? It is not hard to imagine a future in which that waste gets mined to be put in a new reactor when the political/economic winds change.