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https://www.insidesources.com/nuclear-engine-to-change-nuclear-future-simplify-waste-issue/
What will they think of next.
The rotary engine that Adams envisions looks diagrammatically very like a schematic
of the rotatory engine that Mazda introduced to varying degrees of success in its
cars in the 1970s.
It works like this: A small amount of gasified “nanofuel,” which contains nuclear
material mixed with hydrogen, is ignited by a neutron source to set up a controlled
fission reaction, creating heat and propelling the rotor forward and driving the
crank shaft. The fuel can be derived from the transuranic parts of spent conventional
nuclear fuel or can be created separately.
A company dedicated to energy innovation, Global Energy Research Associates (GERA),
is working on design and raising money. The Department of Energy has held back.
Adams, 45, explains his engine this way, “Much like the way your car converts
chemical energy into mechanical work, our engine converts nuclear energy directly and
safely into useful mechanical work. This eliminates a lot of expensive reactor
equipment and paves the way for low-cost nuclear power plants.”
He says his engine would produce 340 megawatts of electric power, if deployed in a
combined-cycle configuration. The radioactive byproducts are only cesium and
strontium with half-lives of about 30 years — a great improvement on the nuclear
waste from conventional reactors. It would be a high-level waste burner as well as an
energy source. Tests to prototype engine components are underway at the Idaho
National Laboratory in Idaho Falls.
*Idaho National Laboratory*
1955 N. Fremont Ave.
Idaho Falls, ID 83415
Chris Cosman
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