fission reactor
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While Binderbauer struggled to fundraise, the success of fission reactor developers Oklo and NuScale Power grabbed the attention of the industry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
Powered by low-enriched uranium, the engine’s fission reactor will heat and vaporize liquid propellants, shooting the gases out of a nozzle to provide thrust.
From Science Magazine • Feb. 1, 2023
It may well conclude that it needs a self-sustaining power source, such as a fission reactor, which the United States has not used in space since 1965.
From Nature • Nov. 24, 2014
Bottom line - On the face of it, an ITER-like power system will be much more expensive than a comparable fission reactor, so I believe that tokamak fusion loses big-time on cost, independent of details.
From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2012
The neutrons are created in a fission reactor, and slowed to incredibly low speeds by materials known as moderators.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2011
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
