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Old 10-14-2019, 06:01 PM   #7469 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
Really?

*This may be a batch-loaded rather than flow-through design.
The operating proof of concept was out-competed by fast breeder reactors, due to externalities.
Inside Bill's Brain talked about TerraPower, the nuclear development project Gates is funding. The documentary didn't get into many specifics, but did make it a point to blame the stallment of the project on the Trump administration. I don't know how true that is. From what I remember of the documentary, TerraPower had regulatory clearance to build a new gen reactor in China, but it was blocked by the executive arm of the US late in the project planning phase.
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