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To: bs9021
Although only a meter and a half wide and two meters tall, an HPM is capable of producing 70 megawatts of thermal energy...

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!

2 posted on 10/24/2008 8:21:27 AM PDT by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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To: JimRed

“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?


3 posted on 10/24/2008 8:24:29 AM PDT by FastCoyote (I am intolerant of the intolerable.)
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To: JimRed

>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.


7 posted on 10/24/2008 8:35:07 AM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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