Posted on 10/24/2008 8:16:30 AM PDT by bs9021
Nuclear Energy on Demand
by: Lance Nation, October 24, 2008
Considered by many to be the most important issue facing America after the economy and the War on Terror, the energy “crisis” is in full motion. And, what happens when a capitalist society determines that a problem needs a solution? Someone invents it. Then someone else commercializes it of course.
This is precisely what Hyperion Power Generation, Inc. did. Recently, Hyperion Power Generation, Inc. acquired the exclusive rights to commercialize Dr. Otis “Pete” Peterson’s Hyperion Power Module (HPM). Dubbed “nuclear in a box,” the Hyperion Power Module is a hot tub sized nuclear reactor that Dr. Peterson invented at Los Alamos Laboratory three years ago.
Although only a meter and a half wide and two meters tall, an HPM is capable of producing 70 megawatts of thermal energy, which equates to about 25 megawatts of electrical power. As Deborah Blackwell described, “That is enough [energy] for about 20,000 America style homes, but outside of the U.S. we’re looking at about . . . 30 or 50 or 70 thousand homes in a country outside of the U.S.”
Hyperion Power Generation’s Vice President of Licensing and Public Policy, Ms. Blackwell describes the primary purpose of the HPM. “The Hyperion Power Module . . . can bring clean power and substantial power to remote communities of the world that would never otherwise have the opportunity to enjoy all the benefits of nuclear power.” Once remote areas of the world can now have clean water and agriculture. An HPM will help these regions stabilize their economies and societies by giving them basic human necessities...
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Can it be scaled down to individual household size, or motor vehicle engine size? I'd love a nuke powered steam turbine to power my electric roadster!
“Although only a meter and a half wide and two meters tall, an HPM is capable of producing 70 megawatts of thermal energy...”
Hmmmm. . . Why do I get the feeling this thing glows like the sun?
I will wait for the ZPM, thanks.
Still, it seems to be the right approach ... build the plant from modular, off the shelf parts.
http://www.hyperionpowergeneration.com/
[Small enough to be transported on a ship, truck or train, Hyperion power modules are about the size of a “hot tub” — approximately 1.5 meters wide. Out of sight and safe from nefarious threats, Hyperion power modules are buried far underground and guarded by a security detail. Like a power battery, Hyperion modules have no moving parts to wear down, and are delivered factory sealed. They are never opened on site. Even if one were compromised, the material inside would not be appropriate for proliferation purposes. Further, due to the unique, yet proven science upon which this new technology is based, it is impossible for the module to go supercritical, “melt down” or create any type of emergency situation. If opened, the very small amount of fuel that is enclosed would immediately cool. The waste produced after five years of operation is approximately the size of a softball and is a good candidate for fuel recycling. ]
[The core of the HPM produces energy via a safe, natural heat-producing process that occurs with the oscillation of hydrogen in uranium hydride. HPMs cannot go “supercritical,” melt down, or get “too hot.” It maintains its safe, operating temperature without the introduction and removal of “cooling rods” – an operation that has the potential for mechanical failure. ]
>Although only a meter and a half wide and two meters tall, an HPM is capable of producing 70 megawatts of thermal energy...
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>>Can it be scaled down to individual household size, or motor vehicle engine size? I’d love a nuke powered steam turbine to power my electric roadster!
I’m not sure. There could be [physical] limitations on what’s needed for the actual nuclear-reactor / material. As-is, a hot-tub sized reactor is REALLY small.
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Incredibly possibilities for this. I looked at all the HUGE generators on the many FOBs all over Iraq (and Afghanistan, no doubt) and just a couple of these could replace all of them in the BIAP complex alone! The money saved on maintenance, fueling and transportation of these connex-sized generators would be tremendous.
And that’s just a basic military application.
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