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TRISO (reasonably safe nuclear) fuel
- FrankWilhoit 2mo agoThe materials science of nuclear power generation, today, is about where the automobile industry was in the 1880s.
- roryirvine 2mo agoWhere "reasonably safe" in practice means "leaves the primary circuit badly contaminated with fission products", "is prone to accidents", and "impossible to safely decommission using current technology". See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVR_reactor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVR_reactor and try not to have nightmares.