Physics

Fission Fragment Reactor

Fission Fragment Reactor

A fission fragment reactor is a nuclear reactor that generates electricity by means of decelerating an ion beam of fission byproducts instead of using nuclear reactions to get heat. By accomplishing this, it bypasses the actual Carnot cycle and can achieve efficiencies as high as 90% instead associated with 40-45% attainable by means of efficient turbine-driven thermal reactors.