Yes, the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebble-bed_reactor]pebble-bed reactor, one of the cooler reactor designs I've come across (not that I've come across many). It avoids or ameliorates many of the problems caused by the fact that the "typical" nuclear plant is really just a more sophisticated/complicated version of Fermi's atomic pile.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.