The Focus Fusion Society Forums Focus Fusion Cafe Traveling Wave Fission Reactor Reply To: Jet streams from Compacted cores

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Aeronaut
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rashidas wrote: Here is a link to an article on Traveling Wave Nuclear Reactors. Could this give Focus Fusion a run for its money?

http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/22114/

It couldn’t compete directly with any aneutronic fusion technology since its uranium fuel and nuclear fission reaction are designed to lower the horrendous capital expense of operating existing and proposed near-future fission power plants.