Better yet, how about a micro reactor on each car. they could call it Mr. Fusion!
Posted on 03/03/2025 12:16:05 PM PST by george76
Better yet, how about a micro reactor on each car. they could call it Mr. Fusion!
Could use one of those myself...
1.21 Gigawatts!
Pressurized water but closed-cycle air cooled.
This is a big deal, but it is not necessarily a good solution.
Spent nuclear fuel is ENORMOUSLY dangerous. Huge neutron flux.
There is no central depository. Yucca Mountain got defunded when the locals went crazy and Harry Reid backed them.
Fuel gets stored ON SITE. Every power plant puts the waste in a corner of the property just waiting for some accident that kills thousands nearby. OTOH, France is about 70% nuclear for its electricity, stores all spent fuel ON SITE and that 1000s dead event has yet to happen.
Another big issue in this is Data Centers are going to spike domestic natural gas consumption. It’s not infinite. It WILL run out. The more you consume per day (most power plants have now switched from coal to natgas) the faster it’s gone.
So . . . go back to coal, of which we have a lot, or run out of natgas — at which point, before it is empty, you either shut down AI or have a crash program to return to coal — as if the lawsuits won’t stop that.
(Soothing voice over speaker) - "I'm sorry, Dave, I can't do that."
Last Energy is privately held. No stock outstanding.
I see this as eventually a catastrophic choice for Texas. Yes, they’ll make a lot of money at first, but with the population this will attract the State will go the way of California, with Oregon, Colorado, and Arizona thereafter.
Does that use the 2-stage flux capacitor?
That’s what Im’ talkin’ about.
I should have specified gas is cheapest for new power. Once built the cost per MWH of nuclear and hydro is cheaper than nat gas but NG plants are much faster and cheaper to build making lifecycle cost of NG about a third of nuclear or hydro.
If regulation and litigation were under control it would greatly improve the lifecycle costs on nuclear (by as much as half) and hydro which would make it more attractive and likely cheaper but if we want more supply fast we should be firing up NG plants all over the South and West.
What about water? Do they reclaim it?
Finally👍
Lastenergy claims some 300 plants in operation.
Oh yeah, make it so the data centers developing AI are self sufficient and can continue operating even if told not to.
“I want one for my house”
20 MW?
I’d like a 15KW one for my house.
Like a Mr. Fusion size.
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