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Re:Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes triple the density of... by LargoLasskhyfv on Thursday October 08, 2020 @11:52AM (#24720303)
What if there were a reactor type which would require no, or much less shielding because all it emits is mostly hard ultraviolet light?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_lightbulb

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Re:Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes triple the density of... by ben_w on Friday October 09, 2020 @08:53AM (#24729390)
I read that as using UV light to transfer energy to the working fluid, not that the actual nuclear reaction itself would be any different to any other nuclear reactor.
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Re:Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes triple the density of... by LargoLasskhyfv on Friday October 09, 2020 @10:43AM (#24730351)
Even when it reads "It would be operated at temperatures of up to 22,000°C where the vast majority of the electromagnetic emissions would be in the hard ultraviolet range." ?

edit: Sigh.. disregard, cf. https://web.archive.org/web/20080109011832/http://www.nuclea...

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