I'd like to work on the control system for a travelling wave reactor or the operating system for a space station.
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#12I'd like to work on the control system for a travelling wave reactor or the operating system for a space station.
That's cool! What's a travelling wave reactor?
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#13I'd like to work on the control system for a travelling wave reactor or the operating system for a space station.
That's cool! What's a travelling wave reactor?
A very efficient type of 'nextgen' nuclear reactor that -once fueled - can potentially run, self-sustained, for decades without refueling or removing spent fuel. But it requires very advanced nuclear physics to design and maintain.