Vintage Cutaways Show the Nuclear Reactors of Our Past (and Present)
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The University of New Mexico discovered a treasure trove of old cutaway schematics of nuclear reactors, dating back as much as 50 years, in the pages of Nuclear Engineering…
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Energy Take with a boulder of salt For the blink of an eye, nuclear fusion appears possible. Nuclear reactors today are fission reactors, where decaying nuclear material heats water to power...
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