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DARPA wants to bypass the thermal middleman in nuclear power systems

Nuclear power already has an energy density advantage over other sources of thermal electricity generation. But what if nuclear generation didn’t require a steam turbine? What if the radiation from a reactor was less a problem to be managed and more a source of energy? And what if an energy conversion technology could…
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Aug 9, 2024DARPA wants to bypass the thermal middleman in nuclear power systems by bilsbie191142

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