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Re:DARPA wants to bypass the thermal middleman in nuclear po... by elevaet on Friday August 09, 2024 @07:42PM (#41206317)
What's the typical efficiency of a nuclear power plant? i.e. what fraction of the energy from the fission reaction gets converted into electricity?
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Re:DARPA wants to bypass the thermal middleman in nuclear po... by Muromec on Friday August 09, 2024 @07:51PM (#41206354)
I remember something like 1/3 of thermal energy.
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