Robert Lynn <[email protected]> wrote: I am pretty sure Rossi's stability and control problem stems from relying > on heat transfer through a large temperature differential (low Watts per > degree) to cool a reaction that has a positive temperature coefficient (ie > gets more powerful with increasing temperature).
Yup. I wouldn't know, but I have heard this from various experts. People have that same problem with combustion reactors, where the temperature of the flame is much higher than the target temperature of the working fluid. The temperature of a fission reactor fuel rod is closer to the pressurized water around it. - Jed
