Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

If we can get the cost per megawatt of capacity low enough, liquid fluoride thorium reactors could even be used for peak power. They can scale their power output up and down pretty rapidly, since they would use Brayton-cycle gas turbines for power conversion, and it's possible to continuously (or very frequently) remove xenon-135, which is a neutron poison and has traditionally made it harder to adjust the power output of nuclear reactors.



Isn't it wonderful how we've barely scratched the surface on what potential fission has?




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: