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[Focus Fusion Society]

Is there any corroboration of this story? I looked at the Toshiba site, got to this page on their nuclear energy products: http://www.toshiba.co.jp/nuclearenergy/english/index.htm

You would think they would mention a miraculous micro reactor, especially if they are rolling it out in Japan this year. They don’t.

For the future, this is what Toshiba envisions (from this link):

Future Reactors and Plants
As an innovator in reactor design and development, Toshiba promotes the evolution to new reactors like the ABWR-II. Based on today’s most advanced BWR (ABWR), this next generation reactor will offer higher economic competitiveness and be safer and more reliable.

-> Next Generation BWR Plant (ABWR-II)
-> Advanced Reactor (SCPR, LSBWR)
-> Fusion Reactor
-> Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR)

The ABWR is an advanced boiling water reactor. Here’s a picture. Looks pretty big.

Perhaps I’m missing out on the micro reactor information which is only written in Japanese in the Nihongo section of the website. Maybe they’re trying to keep us English speakers in the dark. Before we speculate further, someone corroborate the story!