Scientists developed portable nuclear reactor with amazing feature: "Transformative for our economy, industry, and communities"

The Cool Down (via MSN.com) ^ | 24 December 2023 | Rick Kazmer

[zeestephen]

A small nuclear reactor that can run for eight years or more without water is scheduled to go online by 2029 in Saskatchewan, Canada... The unit, called an eVinci, is being built by Westinghouse...The unit will be capable of producing five megawatts of electricity...a single megawatt...produces energy similar to what is used by 400 to 900 homes...[Photo in Comment #1]

[jurroppi1]

There is a Freerepublic lexicon although BFL isn't there, BTTT is, which means bump/back to the top. There is a broken link in that posting too, here's the wayback machine link for that.

[JesusIsLord]

The rest of us will continue to have brown outs, blackouts, and be ‘encouraged’ to ride a bicycle.

and eat bugs and like it!

[PAR35]

Who owns them?

Depends on which one. Electronics, the Chicoms (under license). Most of it, the Canadians. the British sold to the Japs, who sold a chunk to Khazaks; went bankrupt and that's how the Canadians got it. As someone else posted the entertainment part went went to CBS then to Viacom which is now 15% owned by Warren Buffett' Berkshire Hathaway.

[Max in Utah]

Westinghouse? They still in business? Who owns them?

Brookfield Corporation, since 2018. Canadian company BTW.

[pepsi_junkie]

I've often wondered why the tech in US Navy submarine reactors hasn't been used outside that world. Security I suppose, keep it to the Navy. But a small reactor that seems like it must be pretty safe after 50+ years of experience at sea without any (known) serious incidents... why wouldn't that have a place in civilian life?

Perhaps this is something in line with that?

[fishtank]

I also use BFLR bump for later reading….

[daniel1212]

even though biden said he supported modular nuke units in 2022

[aquila48]

“It bumps the thread if you look at latest posts, and makes it easier to find later.”

There’s no “bumping” anymore.

[zeestephen]

I checked the Westinghouse website before posting.

The link I posted in Comment #2 appears to reflect a real product with a real ignition date.

[aquila48]

Not much meat in the article.

[goodnesswins]

“Small” but needs the space of a hockey field....hhhhmmm

[logi_cal869]

You misunderstand:

You should avoid linking cooldown. It’s a climate propaganda site and, like the rest of the climate religion zealots, they are hypocrites (now they’re trying to embrace nuclear because wind/solar are failing).

I’m sure there are other sources for the story (with propagandists, there always are).

[mo]

there’s way of more of us than them....way more

[Vaduz]

Above-ground installation requires minimum ground disruption with less than a 2-acre footprint.

That leaves a most people SOL but carte weed growers see great gift.

[Sequoyah101]

I thought the same thing. Maybe Canada? Ever watch the story of George Westinghouse? He seemed to be a very decent man who was defeated by not so decent men.

[Sequoyah101]

The TRISO fuel it uses was developed in the 60s in the UK. It is supposedly inherently safe and has been used a lot since it was developed.

I worked in new technology development in the oilfield. We had a saying that inertia often blocks the solution to many problems. Sometimes great solutions exist for a very long time before they are adopted. Why? The old stuff still works, Plain hard headed resistance to change. Not being able to achieve cost effective critical mass. The list goes on and on. It is amazing how the solution to so many problems is already created or at least the parts of it are and have yet to be combined in the right way.

[Eagles6]

Exactly right.

This whole Globull Warming, Climate change 🦬💩 isn't about "saving the earth", it's about controlling energy resources.

And food production, health care and the information that we are allowed to see, hear and read.

Now, they, just, need our guns

[MileHi]

Ping is when you call someone to the thread.

[StAnDeliver]

Wow, Westinghouse says the silent part out loud, this is their first Key Applications use case:

"Remote or Edge of Grid Communities"

[Anti-Bubba182]

Thanks for posting!