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Toshiba Builds 100x Smaller Micro Nuclear Reactor
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| December 17, 2007
Posted on 12/18/2007 9:44:50 PM PST by HAL9000
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posted on
12/18/2007 9:44:52 PM PST
by
HAL9000
To: HAL9000
The 200 kilowatt Toshiba designed reactor is engineered to be fail-safe and totally automatic and will not overheat. Famous last words.
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posted on
12/18/2007 9:46:55 PM PST
by
FreedomCalls
(Texas: "We close at five.")
To: HAL9000
What do you want to bet I can’t afford it?
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posted on
12/18/2007 9:47:10 PM PST
by
BipolarBob
(I've been stung by honey bees and bumblebees. I don't want no huckle bee.)
To: HAL9000
I’d like to have a nuclear powered Phaser in my lifetime.
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posted on
12/18/2007 9:48:08 PM PST
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(Elections have consequences.)
To: FreedomCalls
"Even God can't sink the Titanic"
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posted on
12/18/2007 9:48:14 PM PST
by
BipolarBob
(I've been stung by honey bees and bumblebees. I don't want no huckle bee.)
To: HAL9000; Dark Wing; Dog Gone; Shermy; TigerLikesRooster
The Radioactive Boy Scout will hear of this.
http://www.amazon.com/Radioactive-Boy-Scout-Frightening-Homemade/dp/0812966600/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198043236&sr=1-1
He built a homemade breeder reactor in a backyard shed. Neighbors learned of it when NEST teams in moon suits were parading through their back yards.
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posted on
12/18/2007 9:49:04 PM PST
by
Thud
To: HAL9000
engineered to be fail-safe and totally automatic and will not overheat Ohhhhhh....OK.....If you say so.....I'll take two (and a side of fries)
Despite my VBG, I'm pro-nuclear.
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posted on
12/18/2007 9:49:24 PM PST
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: HAL9000
We built small reactors in the early 60’s. Read about my brush with one in my FRprofile titled “Greenland”.
.....Bob
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posted on
12/18/2007 9:50:01 PM PST
by
Lokibob
(Some people are like slinkys. Useless, but if you throw them down the stairs, you smile.)
To: FreedomCalls
I think this sounds pretty cool personally. It’s only a matter of time until this kind of technology changes energy as we know it and it will change again and again and again.
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posted on
12/18/2007 9:51:13 PM PST
by
volunbeer
(Dear heaven.... we really need President Reagan again!)
To: HAL9000
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posted on
12/18/2007 9:51:55 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: Lokibob
ping to self to read your story. Out at the Idaho National Labs there is a prototype of a nuke aircraft engine as I recall.
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posted on
12/18/2007 9:52:31 PM PST
by
geopyg
(Don't wish for peace, pray for Victory. ------ www.gohunter08.com ------)
To: BipolarBob
“Even God can’t sink the Titanic” 1912
“Even God can’t sink the HMS HUCKABEE” 2007
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posted on
12/18/2007 9:54:35 PM PST
by
A. Morgan
(Each terrorist we kill lowers the carbon foot print of the war.)
To: geopyg
The INL were the folks that made the reactor used in Camp Century. I think it was serial #6 (which would imply that there were at least 6 made).
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posted on
12/18/2007 9:55:37 PM PST
by
Lokibob
(Some people are like slinkys. Useless, but if you throw them down the stairs, you smile.)
To: HAL9000
Assuming the power output remains the same over the stated lifetime, and at the per unit energy price quoted, the unit is worth $3.5 million.
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posted on
12/18/2007 9:57:40 PM PST
by
SpaceBar
To: HAL9000
Fantastic idea, especially for small remote areas (eg central Australia) currently using diesel generators. One problem - ISLAM ie Islamic nutbags opening them up and turning them into weapons.
To: HAL9000
Toshiba also sold machine tools to the Soviets during the peak of the Cold War that cost the taxpayers of this country billions in lost submarine surveillance capabilities. They were slapped on the wrist by some international court and paid a small fine, but the Soviets were able to make their submarine propellers significantly quieter and the damage was done. I’ll never knowingly purchase a Toshiba product again.
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posted on
12/18/2007 9:58:26 PM PST
by
Rockitz
(This isn't rocket science- Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
To: Thud
That’s Michigander Radioactive Boyscout to you.
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posted on
12/18/2007 9:58:38 PM PST
by
Westlander
(Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
To: HAL9000
So to produce 200kW for 40 years and cost $0.05 a kWh means the total cost of the unit is around $3,500,000.
Assuming it can’t dangerously malfunction, the real question is what can people who are bent on doing harm do with it?
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posted on
12/18/2007 9:58:57 PM PST
by
DB
To: Thud
You did see the article about him being arrested around 3 months ago or so?
Stealing smoke detectors, iirc.
Attempting to steal, I guess.
To: HAL9000
I want a nuclear powered car (and boat too).
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