Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoMicrosoft Needs So Much Power to Train AI That It's Considering Small Nuclear Reactorsfuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square419fedilinkarrow-up11.16Kcross-posted to: tech@kbin.social
arrow-up11.16Kexternal-linkMicrosoft Needs So Much Power to Train AI That It's Considering Small Nuclear Reactorsfuturism.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square419fedilinkcross-posted to: tech@kbin.social
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 years agoThey can also get hot enough to melt the metallic components (including the fuel itself) if the reaction isn’t properly regulated (hence, “meltdown”), but you’re correct that that’s still not a fission explosion.
They can also get hot enough to melt the metallic components (including the fuel itself) if the reaction isn’t properly regulated (hence, “meltdown”), but you’re correct that that’s still not a fission explosion.