MattyMo:
Isn't it massive pressure, magnetic field, and heat combined with hydrogen thats converted into helium and back again Oh yea the sun does this all the time...
2 years ago
FlashGordon:
this is very cool, you have to wonder why the idea never really got looked into until now after it's initial conceptualization in the 50's
2 years ago
Hux:
It's a really nutty concept, but MattyMo, this runs off the by product of enriched uranium, depleted uranium. Which according to wikipedia (I know, I know, it's not a true source) the US has enough to power these reactors for a millenium cause it can reuse its own fuel
2 years ago
Hux:
BTW, these new nuclear reactors are called Travelling Wave Reactors
2 years ago