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#045 The Future of Nuclear Energy: Politics, Culture, and Technology with Mark Nelson

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Advanced Reactors - What Are They?

Can do reactors can be refueled online, run for more than a thousand days of continuous full power operation. The core being made up of all these different bundles rather than one giant piece is modular. A reactor type where you're constantly feeding fuel in and taking it out the other end has higher ongoing costs. These reactors can actually produce plutonium.

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