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US-backed microreactor reaches criticality in major nuclear step (interestingengineering.com)
submitted 1 day ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's an awesome idea.....but I wonder what happens when one gets destroyed in combat

[–] comador@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Nothing actually. TRISO fuel is both meltdown proof and fusion resistant.

Meaning, it resists melting down even without coolant and it resists fusion reactions to a high level bomb. This is because the fuel is about the size of a seed roughly 1mm in size and each piece is coated with layers of other materials to prevent such occurrences.

[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 4 points 22 hours ago

Nice thanks for the explanation!