[ RadSafe ] What is a Tavelling Wave Reactor?

[Thomas Johnston]

Hello Dan,
Bill Gates recently gave an important speech at TED 2010 addressing your
question. Please view and read hs speech and this should answer some of your
questions.\\
http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates.html

Thomas

Thomas Johnston

Health Physicist

NIST Center for Neutron Research

National Institute for Standards and Technology

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Gaithersburg, MD 20899

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On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 2:10 AM, Dan W McCarn <hotgreenchile at gmail.com>wrote:

> Dear Group:
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> Bill Gates is going nuclear.  What is a Travelling Wave Reactor (TWR)?
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> http://tinyurl.com/TWR-BG
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> I've read the Wiki article but am still in the dark about how this reactor
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveling_wave_reactor
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> Dan ii
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