Antares reaches reactor criticality milestone, advancing plans for military microreactors by 2028
  • sparky@lemmy.federate.cc@lemmy.federate.ccEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    The founder of this company is an old buddy of mine from college. He was always a smart guy but I mean… damn, nuclear physics! Definitely one of those “small world” moments to find someone you know IRL mentioned in some article on Lemmy lol

  • cecilkorik@lemmy.caEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    Bringing us one step closer to the day when I can have a nuclear reactor in my utility room to power and heat my house and swimming pool, like Maniac Mansion always taught me was a totally reasonable, safe and not at all unhinged idea.

    • comador @lemmy.worldEnglish
      25·
      12 hours ago

      Nothing actually. TRISO fuel is both meltdown proof and fusion resistant.

      Meaning, it resists melting down even without coolant and it resists fusion reactions to a high level bomb. This is because the fuel is about the size of a seed roughly 1mm in size and each piece is coated with layers of other materials to prevent such occurrences.