Posted on 12/31/2022 2:35:50 PM PST by SeekAndFind
I think nuclear power would help our country greatly, as long as we avoid incidents like Chernobyl.
these are small scale reactors that probably cannot melt.
I can see them being used in some cases, and in some countries, and for some workloads.
for example would I use one of these in Redmond for a microsoft data center, no probably not energy is cheap in that area of washington and there are nimbys
would I use one of these to mine bitcoin in the middle of a desert or in an arctic area with no population,
or if I were Musky somewhere on Mars, oh yes you betcha.
Great, nuclear for data centers that will track and control our lives and make sure our bug protein vs actual meat ratio is correct. Generating power for us? Not so much.
Those nuclear reactors better not be too small.
Under the illegitimate pedo bidet regime, the software will be forced to be outsourced to the chicoms. What could go wrong?
So NOW we can have nuclear reactors AFTER the Commies are in charge.
You didn’t mention your backup diesel generators and their fuel storage tanks. All that expense would go away with SMRs.
Here is someone trying to make a point that could be quite convincing and then he puts in a word like itty-bitty. Then he decides to make it relatively itty-bitty. I think itty-bitty as a stupid term stands alone, but adding relatively to it removes any usefulness of cuteness.
In case y’all forgot:
If such reactors pop up in Scotland, will they be referred to as “wee reactors”?
𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘯𝘶𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘺𝘭.
My understanding of the aftermath of Chernobyl was that the flaw in the RBMK reactors was worked out. Seeing how things are these days, bureaucrats, technocrats, politicians, and/or diversity hires will ensure we’d have another event on the scale of Chernobyl, or much, much worse.
They have been trumpeting thorium reactors for now close to twenty years. They should be operational by now.
I just wrote a dissertation in my law school class on the SMR. They’re a pretty neat concept. The big issue is finding sufficient people to work on the reactors. Simple truth is that there aren’t enough smart people to operate the SMR (300 MWhr reactors) and the Mini reactors. The navy pays millions upon millions of dollars in bonuses to attract and retain operators. Foreign countries are willing to pay millions of dollars to hire them after Nukes leave the navy.
Russian reactors used liquid graphite and were inherently unsafe. As they got hotter, they got more reactive. As they got more reactive, they got hotter.....
They didn’t work very well at the Antarctic research station. They reverted to diesel generators.
That is the trick, isn't it? Proper vigilance is never maintained.
I don't think graphite melts.
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