On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 7:00 PM, Eric Walker <eric.wal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 12:52 PM, blaze spinnaker < > blazespinna...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The GeNiE Reactor is lower cost since it doesn't required enriched uranium >> and it doesn't produce hazardous nuclear waste that is costly to handle. >> > > One problem with neutrons is that we want fewer of them in the world, not > more of them. This is in part because of uranium. If you take 238U, the > most common isotope (e.g., used in depleted uranium armor) and you add a > neutron, it will beta decay twice into fissile plutonium. > > Eric > > Hopefully that'll get consumed too! Genie looks kinda like MYRRHA (http://www.siler.eu/public/DeBruyn.pdf) but instead of using a particle accelerator for neutron generation, it uses the OP's patent.
