Bill Gates and Toshiba working on a depleted uranium nuclear reactor.

depleted uranium reactor

Kevan Weaver | TerraPower.

Direct Use of Depleted Uranium as Fuel in a Traveling-Wave Reactor. A study of burning depleted uranium in a traveling wave reactor, making use of the.
Direct Use of Depleted Uranium as Fuel in a Traveling-Wave Reactor. A study of burning depleted uranium in a traveling wave reactor, making use of the.
How does the uranium fuel cycle produce depleted uranium? How is MOX fabricated? Would MOX fuel be used in reactors in the same way that uranium fuel is.
The reactor is fueled primarily by depleted uranium, but requires a small amount of enriched uranium or other fissile fuel to initiate fission.
Oct 30, 2012. âThe first TWR and subsequent commercial reactors will be using depleted uranium,â a an independent spokeswoman for TerraPower told me.

Bill Gates to Build Nuclear Reactors in China?

John Gilleland | TerraPower.

According to the reactor design specification, the uranium hydride core is surrounded by hydrogen-absorbing storage trays, made of depleted uranium or.
Oct 21, 2009. This is the big advantage of using unenriched fuel rods (or depleted uranium). Same principle as the Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (above).
Direct Use of Depleted Uranium as Fuel in a Traveling-Wave Reactor. A study of burning depleted uranium in a traveling wave reactor, making use of the.
Company Has Plan for Small Reactor - General Atomics Sees Nuclear Waste as . Today, due partly to the high capital cost of large power reactors generating.
Dec 7, 2011. TerraPower says its traveling wave reactor would run for decades on depleted uranium and produce significantly smaller amounts of nuclear.
Direct Use of Depleted Uranium as Fuel in a Traveling-Wave Reactor. A study of burning depleted uranium in a traveling wave reactor, making use of the.

Bill Gates-Backed Nuclear Power Startup, TerraPower, Gets $35.
Pavel Hejzlar | TerraPower.
Dec 10, 2011. Huge amounts of depleted uranium, useless to today's reactors, already exist in stockpiles around the world. Stocks of this material grow as.