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Manuel Lozano Leyva, physicist: ‘What Trump wants to do with nuclear energy is delusional — he’s giving millions to a bunch of kids’ (english.elpais.com)

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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What’s a co-efficence reactor? Don’t think I’ve ever heard that term

[–] Damarus@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

They might be referring to the void coefficient, but that's just one part of reactor safety.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm guessing he's talking about a fusion reactor that produces more power than it consumes (a "positive power coefficient").

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Fusion, nope. This is old school fission baby. If they get fusion up they deserve the genius tag.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

If that's really what @givesomefucks meant, then I have no idea what the hell a "positive power co-efficience" is (other than a made-up/misspelled word).

...maybe a breeder reactor?

[–] limer@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

I’m thinking a literal pile of uranium