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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

NASA Expect Low-Energy Nuclear Reactors to Replace Domestic Boilers

NASA Expect Low-Energy Nuclear Reactors to Replace Domestic Boilers

NASA has suggested that household hot water boilers could soon be replaced by small nuclear reactors. They do not refer to nuclear fission reactors, used in traditional power plants; nor nuclear fusion reactors, eagerly researched and regarded as a hugely powerful source of energy for the future; instead they believe that low-energy nuclear reactors (LENR) will be used.Joseph Zawodny, a senior research analyst with NASA’s Langley Research Centre, spoke of the LENR device and said that “it has the demonstrated ability to produce excess…Read more...http://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/NASA-Expect-Low-Energy-Nuclear-Reactors-to-Replace-Domestic-Boilers.html

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