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Re:Energy Department teams up with Bill Gates to move mini-n... by jabl on Sunday August 26, 2018 @03:07AM (#17844699)
From their website, it seems work on the traveling wave concept wound down several years ago (not spelled out explicitly, but lack of updates).

I'd guess they figured out the traveling wave concept wasn't workable, and switched to another design.

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Re:Energy Department teams up with Bill Gates to move mini-n... by DennisP on Monday August 27, 2018 @11:49AM (#17852168)
As of last fall, they've partnered with someone in China to build a traveling wave reactor there.

https://www.smh.com.au/business/bill-gates-and-china-partner...

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