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EPISODE · Oct 5, 2023 · 34 MIN

#234 Microreactors: From the Moon, to the ends of the Earth

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For more than a century, the UK’s Rolls-Royce have designed power systems for cars and planes, ships and submarines. Today, they are developing a novel form of nuclear reactor, which will bring reliable power to the Moon, and green energy to some of the world’s furthest frontiers. The microreactors they are developing are tiny: terrestrial...

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