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Crick gets something right for once! Small modular nuclear reactors is a good idea!
This my fusion face.To bad a large portion of his movement despises anything involving fission related power.
This my fusion face.
Sometimes you gotta run what ya brung.It's been 25 years away for 50 years now.
Sometimes you gotta run what ya brung.
Once again we are late t the party.The US is now trying to catch up with Russia and China in building, fueling and selling small modular reactors as a rapid way to provide the world emission-free power. It appears as if it may not be as undoable - from a PR position - as has been thought.
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Nuclear power is a great energy source. Only thing that concerns me is wo they sell it to????
The waste can be turned into a dirty bomb.
Should they do what they know how to right now? Yes.True. Will they ever figure out fusion? Maybe. Should they stop trying? No.
Cutting edge research and engineering like this always spins off useful innovations and advances that can be applied in other fields.
Only if we keep using the old light water reactors.
a Molten salt reactor can actually burn the nuclear waste from light water reactors
Molten salt breeder reactors ... except these can also produce weapon's grade plutonium ... it's kitchen counter chemistry to make an atomic bomb once we have fissable material ...
We're not going to be putting these small units where they need to be ... impoverish third-world nations ... they get diesel generators ... a million grays of radiation kills 200,000 people, and that's just certain death, nevermind the long lasting effects of breaking one of these small units open ...
... and they will break open ...
The large centralized units are easier to protect and control ... and you can trust The Rich to do the right thing ... I promise ...
No.
A thorium reactor does not produce weapon grade plutonium in fact it will get rid of it
Thorium reactors may dispose of enormous amounts of weapons-grade plutonium
Scientists from the School of Nuclear Science & Engineering of Tomsk Polytechnic University are developing a technology for the creation of high-temperature, low-power reactors with thorium fuel. The scientists propose to burn weapons-grade plutonium in these units, converting it into power and...phys.org
I didn't mention thorium ... do you have a reactor up-and-running right now? ... and we still have 50 years of research and development before we see wide-spread use of this technology ...
Break a thorium reactor cell open ... how many grays of radiation? ... certainly less than light water reactors, but still ...
"Molten salt breeder reactors" is what I said ... something we can build today ... while we research and set regulatory guidelines for thorium technology ... except this time, put the back-up generators above high-water-line ... sheesh ...
True. Will they ever figure out fusion? Maybe. Should they stop trying? No.
Cutting edge research and engineering like this always spins off useful innovations and advances that can be applied in other fields.
"Are developing" is not something that can be done right now.No.
A thorium reactor does not produce weapon grade plutonium in fact it will get rid of it
Thorium reactors may dispose of enormous amounts of weapons-grade plutonium
Scientists from the School of Nuclear Science & Engineering of Tomsk Polytechnic University are developing a technology for the creation of high-temperature, low-power reactors with thorium fuel. The scientists propose to burn weapons-grade plutonium in these units, converting it into power and...phys.org
it's already been done but the US government in all its "wisdom" went for light water reactors and then nixed all new licensing for new reactor designs"Are developing" is not something that can be done right now.
We need "right now" stuff.