I hope the photovoltaics work as described. Is there test data to support the 80% efficiency or are these theoretical calculations? If they do work why aren’t they deployed on every nuclear power plant? Tons of gamma rays are produced and could be converted to useful electrons.
I hadn’t considered using the heat for buildings and such. The loss seems significant but probably better than a turbine. The Russians have some data on this since they used fission plants to heat towns.
I guess the big question is will a power conversion cycle be needed at all?
