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NASA’s lunar nuclear reactor design has major flaw, claim China’s scientists

Interesting Engineering 18 Mar 2025
... manage intense neutron flux ... China’s design can achieve sustained chain reactions with just 40.8 pounds (18.5 kg) of uranium-235 by converting fast neutrons into thermal neutrons via yttrium hydride.
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Fuel breakthrough paves way for cutting-edge nuclear reactor

New Atlas 18 Mar 2025
They're prone to corrosion problems as well as thermal and neutron stress ... These are aimed at studying the behavior of neutrons in the reactor, verifying the theoretical models for fast-spectrum ...
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Guardian Metal Resources PLC Announces Novel Paper on Tungsten Needs for Nuclear Fusion

ACCESSWIRE 05 Mar 2025
... tokamaks, given its core properties including high melting point, high thermal conductivity, high neutron shielding and low sputtering yield (loss of material when hit with energetic particles).
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China discovers 'limitless' energy source that could 'power the country for 60,000 years' | Daily ...

The Daily Mail 28 Feb 2025
Pictured. Chinese President Xi Jinping on February 5, 2025 ... Thorium is not usable by itself in a thermal neutron reactor, as it’s not fissile. But, it is ‘fertile,’ meaning it transmutes to uranium-233 (U-233) when bombarded with neutrons ... Beijing. .
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