Atomic Insights

Atomic Insights, https://atomicinsights.com/

Atomic Insights is a long-running blog published by Rod Adams which discusses many energy-related topics, often from an atomic energy point of view. It has been on the web in one form or another since November 1995.

Podcasts

Atomic Show #322 – Westinghouse’s eVinci micro reactor

Unlike conventional nuclear power plants, eVinci uses no water and doesn’t produce steam. The eVinci is not “just another way to boil water.”

There are no pumps in the system that moves heat out of the reactor. Instead, the system uses ~24′ long heat pipes to transfer fission heat to a heat exchanger.

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