Nuclear energy must become an abundant fundamental source of non-carbon energy for many centuries of climate mitigation. To bring this about the choice of the right neutron is key. Currently, slow neutrons are used to extract less than 1% of the energy stored available in uranium fuel, utilizing principally the rare easily split uranium-235 atoms. These atoms make up only 0.7% of natural uranium. Fast neutrons can extract the over 100 times additional energy that is still left in the rest of the fuel, …
NEUTRONS AT THE CORE:
Attribution: Art Hunter