After the impurity issues with tungsten, do you think there could be unforseen issues with beryllium? If so, is there a superior option to elemental beryllium? If not, is it possible to design a new material alloy with the ideal properties? If not, would a redesign of the electrode geometry allow an existing material to perform adequately? Would the discovery of room temperature superconductors (with sufficiently high mechanical strength) allow for further miniaturisation of the reactor? Just imagine a 100kW reactor that fits in a car trunk. Batteries would be unnecessary, a few hundred grams of pB11 to last a lifetime of driving!
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After the impurity issues with tungsten, do you think there could be unforseen issues with beryllium? If so, is there a superior option to elemental beryllium? If not, is it possible to design a new material alloy with the ideal properties? If not, would a redesign of the electrode geometry allow an existing material to perform adequately? Would the discovery of room temperature superconductors (with sufficiently high mechanical strength) allow for further miniaturisation of the reactor? Just imagine a 100kW reactor that fits in a car trunk. Batteries would be unnecessary, a few hundred grams of pB11 to last a lifetime of driving!
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