LostCosmonaut Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 An interesting approach to cooling the nuclear fuel; http://atomic-skies.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-liquid-jet-super-flux-reactor.html If you're able to keep your fuel cooler, you can increase your neutron flux, and with it your power density. This could be highly important in applications where you're space or mass limited. Such as, for instance, a submarine, or a rocket engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 What if this approach were combined with gaseous fuel? Then you could cool the fuel acrobatically by simply expanding it after fission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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