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Re:NASA completes full-power tests of small, portable nuclea... by larkeith on Thursday May 03, 2018 @09:16PM (#16991466)
A Stirling engine supplied by sodium heat pipes [1][2], even! It's a fascinating design of closed-cycle engineering, with minimal moving parts.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/KRUSTY

[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_pipe

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