Silicon carbide (SiC) monocrystal from the LMGP (Minatec) lab in Grenoble, France by David Monniaux / wikimedia
- can sustain over 2,000 degrees Centigrade without showing any effect of strain
- can withstand the intense neutron environment in a nuclear reactor
- can reduce the price of electricity by 40% relative to current reactors
- 80% less nuclear waste (1)
New Ceramic Material for a Qualitative Improvement of Nuclear Reactors
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Energy Multiplier Module
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2)
Schematic of a high temperature gas cooled reactor – U.S. Department of Energy / wikipedia *
- operates at high temperatures yielding approximately 50 percent greater efficiency and a corresponding one-third reduction in materials requirements than that of current nuclear reactors.[5]
- The EM2 utilizes used nuclear fuel, also referred to as “spent fuel” from light water reactors.
- By using spent nuclear waste and depleted uranium stockpiles as its fuel source, a large-scale deployment of the EM2 is expected to reduce the long-term need for uranium enrichment and eliminate conventional nuclear reprocessing.[7]
- EM2 technology is designed to be inherently safe and to automatically shut down using the natural laws of physics.
Sources:
(1) http://larouchepac.com/node/28227
(2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Multiplier_Module
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