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Yes it is a similar idea, but the traveling wave seems to breed the new fuel on the outside of the active part of the reactor, and move...

Thanks for the detailed response. The last paragraph about marine propulsion is what I was looking for. A reactor core that lasts long...

I understand that breeding is just one factor. I assume It would require some way to periodically ( yearly ?) rearrange fuelrods in the...

I read that even in a light water reactor the breeding ratio is about 0.6 ( no breeding blanket), and breeding reactors with breeding...

Nuclear fast reactors are capable of breeding more fuel than they consume. I was wondering if it would be possible to design a nuclear...