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Novel nuclear reactors atop MIT energy contest finalists – Vote Today!

August 30, 2013 /

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Electric power utilities are the single biggest contributor the the world’s CO2 emissions, so the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is rounding up the best ideas on how to counter that.

In a contest for which public voting ends tomorrow (Aug. 31), the answer that has come back so far is: Build novel nuclear reactors.

Nuclear fusion and "fast" reactors are currently the two top contenders in a competition run by MIT’s Climate CoLab group, with fast reactors the leading vote-getter to date.

By Mark Halper

Full Story: http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/novel-nuclear-reactors-atop-mit-energy-contest-finalists/28207?tag=nl.e660&s_cid=e660&ttag=e660&ftag=TRE4eb29b5

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