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Re:Toshiba makes a personal Nuclear Reactor. Available in th... by edu on Tuesday December 18, 2007 @04:43PM (#90902)
Maybe its premature optimization, but: what happens when the fuel is consumed? All the reactor must be dumped or it is enough with the fuel?

I hope the owners never have to call the helpdesk!

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Re:Toshiba makes a personal Nuclear Reactor. Available in th... by DaniFong on Wednesday December 19, 2007 @12:40AM (#91030)
The DOE has a similar project on a larger scale. Typically in these designs the fuel comes with the reactor, along with everything else: it is a sealed device. Once the fuel is spent, the reactor is shipped back to a plant, the waste disposed, and the case recycled and refueled.
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