[NIAC 2023] Fusion Reactor To Melt Through Europa's Ice
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The Hybrid Fusion Reactor and Its Power Supply
The reactor core itself is probably the size of a coffee cane. We're using non-ficile material as an advantage for less safety and less cost. If you use plutonium 238, you only need about 12 kilowatts because it's a much smaller device. So we're trying to look where we might fall between those two,. but I think a good estimate is the reactor core himself is probably the sizes of a coffee can.
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