(01-26-2011, 01:25 AM)--Pete Wrote: The situation is not a question of better engineering, it is one of basic physics.Yes, for the density and materials for a specific nuclear reaction, I agree. Better engineering is required to shrink the core, and shrink the components outside the core down to minimal size. Whatever the shielding needs are will be dictated by the reaction.
Is it possible to sustain a fission reaction using non-actinides? Perhaps in combination with a neutron ray source?
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