Questions tagged [nuclear-technology]

One of the counterpoints to the Thorium fuel cycle is that Protactinium, which is generated in this cycle degrades reactor efficiency and thus needs to be removed, at least from the liquid fluoride or molten salt reactors. However, as far as I can…

I think, it could be a reactor utilizing californium-242 (or, at least, weapon-grade U-235) cooled and moderated by heavy water. Essentially, it were similar to an atomic bomb, but - of course - it would be optimized for stay around the equilibrial…