Bitwise Calculator. General Fusion. Technology Review. A new reactor design could make nuclear power safer and cheaper, says John Gilleland.
Wave of the future: Unlike today’s reactors, a traveling-wave reactor requires very little enriched uranium, reducing the risk of weapons proliferation. (Click here for a larger diagram, also on page 3). The reactor uses depleted-uranium fuel packed inside hundreds of hexagonal pillars (shown in black and green). TerraPower: How The Traveling Wave Nuclear Reactor Works: Cleantech News and Analysis « Animated Engines. University.