I should add that in this second image, if the external water flow was via channels which are machined into a tight fitting internal reactor, such that the internal reactor has good electrical contact with the heater, then this is consistent with the transistor hypothesis, but not with resistive heating. The resistor would still be fighting steam in order to transfer heat.
However, electrical current still has an unimpeded a pathway from the axial internal heater to the external band heater (awaiting testing of that precise concept). Therefore, if the internal is at 60 volts and the external at 220 volts, then current can flow DIRECTLY through the absorbed-hydrogen in the nanocavities, and raise the temperature to the trigger level easily without the impediment of raising steam in the coolant first. -----Original Message----- From: Jones Beene This is not physically possible. The heat (temperature) transferable from the heaters to the core, even with the lowest possible water flow, cannot greatly exceed 100 C with a design where water separates the exterior heater from the reactor; and water is also surrounding the interior heater for most of its length. All the electrical energy goes to raising steam instead of heating the core. -----Original Message----- From: Akira Shirakawa So, are you suggesting there is a core surrounded by water, like this? http://i.imgur.com/pwZW2.png
