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Rolls-Royce gets funding to develop mini nuclear reactors
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Posted on 11/09/2021 3:26:46 PM PST by BenLurkin
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posted on
11/09/2021 3:26:46 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
I’ve got to get me one of those.
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posted on
11/09/2021 3:29:05 PM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
To: BenLurkin
Makes sense. I’ve been advocating this very strategy: SMRs to produce distributed energy, reliably and safely. Reduce and simplify the grid as well as increase efficiency.
To: hinckley buzzard
Whatever happened to those Toshiba mini-nuke plants for remote locations?
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posted on
11/09/2021 3:33:53 PM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
("There are only men and women."-- George Gilder, Sexual Suicide, 1973)
To: BenLurkin
" the capacity to generate 470MW of power"
Cool! That'll make my Silver Ghost get up and go!
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posted on
11/09/2021 3:36:10 PM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“…in any great disaster, there's a Harvard man in the middle of it.” ~ Thomas Sowell)
To: BenLurkin
Is this part of the belt and road initiative?
To: BenLurkin
Along the theme of today’s ransom-ware that has plagued tens of thousands of companies’ computers worldwide...
I’m sure lots of Jokers out there will be trying to figure out how these units can be turned into a tool for their personal extortion/blackmail jackpot.
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posted on
11/09/2021 3:45:40 PM PST
by
rx
(Truth will out!)
To: hinckley buzzard
ONLY ONE BIG PROBLEM... They will still be HIGH PRESSURE VESSEL REACTORS, not MSR or IMSR which operate at 1 - 1.5 bar!
IMSR and MSR reactors can’t “melt down” the fuel is in the the liquid salt mix. If the salt mix gets too hot it looses reactivity and the reaction slows down then cools down then heats up again... They are SELF REGULATING which a high pressure reactors ARE NOT!
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posted on
11/09/2021 3:45:47 PM PST
by
WellyP
(question!)
To: BenLurkin
Doc Brown beat them to it.
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posted on
11/09/2021 3:47:00 PM PST
by
Veggie Todd
(Let's go, Brandon!)
To: BenLurkin
Seemed like a good idea up until the point that I discovered Lucas Electrics was involved.
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posted on
11/09/2021 3:47:03 PM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: BenLurkin
I want one of those neighborhood size jobs.
To: BenLurkin
I want one of those neighborhood size jobs.
To: Veggie Todd
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posted on
11/09/2021 3:53:21 PM PST
by
xp38
To: billorites
Lucas, “Prince of Darkness”!
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posted on
11/09/2021 3:54:38 PM PST
by
WellyP
(question!)
To: billorites
Lucas, “Prince of Darkness”!
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posted on
11/09/2021 3:54:41 PM PST
by
WellyP
(question!)
To: BenLurkin
Hey, if they produce the nuclear version of a Merlin Engine, that’d be stupendous!
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Now, THAT is a beautiful machine.
To: BenLurkin
Dang!
Got to save up for a Silver Rolls Phantom powered by a mini-nuke...
Or should that be a "size-disadvantaged " nuke?
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posted on
11/09/2021 4:09:55 PM PST
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
To: rx
I’m sure lots of Jokers out there will be trying to figure out how these units can be turned into a tool for their personal extortion/blackmail jackpot.
Any reason why they HAVE to be on the Internet? Heck you can use the power lines running from the station, preferably hardwired to a remote site, using a proprietary system or a revised version of some old network technology (e.g. Banyan Vines, DECnet) with no TCP/IP anywhere.
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posted on
11/09/2021 4:16:13 PM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
("There are only men and women."-- George Gilder, Sexual Suicide, 1973)
To: WellyP
You’re conveniently ignoring the problem with MSR reactors - if you ever have to shut them down, you throw the whole thing away.
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posted on
11/09/2021 5:01:51 PM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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