There's some interesting stuff in the current newscientist magazine
(probably online too) about how all the reactors are based on 'legacy'
technology from back when the military was experimenting with it. Most
of the nuclear reactors today are based on military tech whose purpose
was weaponry rather than being specifically designed for power
stations. The case for starting from scratch is strong and if it was
done properly on first principles would be much safer. Of course it's
a lot of hard work and risky to design this new stuff so western
powers are reluctant to do so, but the China and India on the other
hand are looking at these new techs which use safer stuff like thorium
instead of uranium.
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