Brian H wrote: Gates is now pushing a new fission “travelling wave” design, 300MW+, buried for about 50 yrs, 40x more efficient than standard designs, uses depleted uranium etc.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/12/07/bill_gates_terrapower_china/
http://www.the-weinberg-foundation.org/2013/07/23/bill-gates-nuclear-company-explores-molten-salt-reactors-thorium/
TerraPower, the Bill Gates-chaired nuclear company that is developing a fast reactor, is now investigating alternative reactor technologies, including thorium fuel and molten salt reactors.
