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I find it notable that the power densities of LWR's and BWR's have not increased substantially. Why haven't the advances made in solid fuels from the ROVER/NERVA programs been spun off to create much more powerful compact reactors for electricity production? The PEEWEE's had 5MW per liter power...

Here is my source. It is from NASA's semi-annual report to Congress.

Hi I am someone researching vapor core reactors from a historical perspective. I have a technical question. In a congressional document I found it is stated that a vapor core reactor would have 35kW of power per square inch. Am I right in calculating that a cubic inch of a vapor core reactor...