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| Honey, I Shrunk the Nuclear Reactor |
| 2013-10-16 |
| h/t Instapundit AmericaÂ’s nuclear industry isnÂ’t healthy. Thanks to the rise of cheap shale energy, four nuclear plants have closed so far this year. Older reactors canÂ’t compete with todayÂ’s energy market conditions, but a new generation of nuclear technology promises to breathe new life into the industry. NuScale Power has plans to shrink containment vessels down to just two-fifths the height and an eighth of the diameter of industry standards. ItÂ’s a move that reflects a potential sea change in nuclear power: smaller, cheaper, less powerful reactors that would compose a more distributed (and therefore more robust) energy network. And, as the New York Times reports, these new reactors would be safer: |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #3 As said times before, as per OWG-NWO = Space Govt-Order, so-called "Green Techs" is for those humans whom stay behind on Old Earth or other Planet while the "Nuclear Techs" + higher is used for deep space travel [trade?] + exploration, TO INFINITY + BEY-O-O-O-O-N-D. ["MACHETE KILLS AGAIN ...IN SPACE" SEXY SLINKY ONE-EYED BATTLE BABE MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ = "EAT DEATH LASER, SPACE BITCHES!" here]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-10-16 20:33 |
| #2 Exactly, Bobby. If the global warming alarmists were sincere, they would back this. Nuclear reactors produce zero CO2. Instead,they hear "nuclear" and all they can think is "EVIL!". |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2013-10-16 09:06 |
| #1 Unfortunately, they are not 50% less scary to most of the public and the media pit bulls. No disrespect to the canine breed intended. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2013-10-16 06:32 |