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It would likely be a thermal reactor, I guess? So no waste heat, since the little heat it gives is used to generate electricity.
by rplnt 2y ago
It would likely be a thermal reactor, I guess? So no waste heat, since the little heat it gives is used to generate electricity.
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- eternauta3k 2y agoThermal power plants don't use up the heat. They make energy through its transfer (like a dam with water).
- ianburrell 2y agoMost nuclear reactors are thermal power plants and they all need to dump waste heat. Thermal power plants convert heat into electricity with turbines and are limited by dumping the waste heat. Are you thinking of radioisotope generators? Those aren't reactors. They use thermocouples and need to get rid of the waste heat. The Voyager RTGs have radiator fins.
- rplnt 2y agoYeah, that's what I meant, sorry about the incorrect naming.