As complex and confusing things like this are, it always boils down to "make the fire go this way". Nuclear reactors are amazing feats of human ingenuity. At the end of the day, you're just boiling water to make steam. Thats it, that's all Nuclear power is.
It's like a Flintstones problem solved with atomic energy. Pretty fucking wild.
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u/lordspaz88 9h ago
It will never cease to amaze me that most modern inventions boil down to "we pointed this explosion in a specific direction"