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96% of fissile material converted to non-fissile material, and that energy is then converted to electricity at normal steam turbine efficiency, 30% or something
by alexhill 11y ago
96% of fissile material converted to non-fissile material, and that energy is then converted to electricity at normal steam turbine efficiency, 30% or something. This as opposed to less than 1% for Gen III reactors.
Edit: I posted that fuel handling is a batch process, not continuous – that might not be true for molten salt, not sure.
- JoshTriplett 11y ago> that energy is then converted to electricity at normal steam turbine efficiency, 30% or something It amazes me that we don't have a better way to use the power generated by nuclear fission or fusion than heating water.
- Turing_Machine 11y agoSteam is actually a pretty good working fluid, although the fact that we have 200 years of experience with it undoubtedly plays a significant role.