Re:New design could finally help to bring fusion power close...
by mschuster91 on Monday August 10, 2015 @06:12PM
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> That's why a lot of people are pushing for small modular fission reactors.
Also smaller reactors have less fuel inside and the new MSR designs don't produce plutonium or other weapons-usable byproduct, so they're less attractive targets for terrorists, dirty bomb builders and other threats, not to mention the reduced risk in failure case with the MSR technology.
Also smaller reactors have less fuel inside and the new MSR designs don't produce plutonium or other weapons-usable byproduct, so they're less attractive targets for terrorists, dirty bomb builders and other threats, not to mention the reduced risk in failure case with the MSR technology.