For decades, one design has dominated nuclear reactors while potentially better options were left by the wayside. Now, the alternatives might finally have their day.
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Waldrop, M. Nuclear energy: Radical reactors. Nature 492, 26–29 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/492026a
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