359 - Modern Fission Reactors

podcast (en) – omega tau science & engineering podcast by Markus Voelter

Jan 4, 202101:54:33Science & Medicine

In this episode we take a look at newer generations of fission reactors, those that are currently being developed or researched. Our guest is Jacopo Buongiorno of MIT. We discuss some of the high-level goals of these new...

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