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I think people seriously underestimate how incredible Tony Stark’s arc reactor is. As someone who has a fairly good understanding of the functionality of nuclear reactors, I can say that a self-sustaining nuclear reactor is theoretically possible, but it would have to run at ridiculously high temperatures at the same time as taking in more heat than it puts out. So Tony not only managed to make this work, but he managed to make it work within a survivable temperature range (very difficult to do)

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pensversusswords: squeeful: the-pluto-fandom: rendingrosencrantz: pensversusswords: How did I not see this the other night omg. But yes you are totally right… in fact sometimes I get myself worked up (who, me??????) over how freaking amazingly BRILLIANT Tony is, because he IS, his mind just blows me away sometimes like wow. #okay but now I’m picturing… Continue reading I think people seriously underestimate how incredible Tony Stark’s arc reactor is. As someone who has a fairly good understanding of the functionality of nuclear reactors, I can say that a self-sustaining nuclear reactor is theoretically possible, but it would have to run at ridiculously high temperatures at the same time as taking in more heat than it puts out. So Tony not only managed to make this work, but he managed to make it work within a survivable temperature range (very difficult to do)