Posted on 03/14/2014 12:42:38 PM PDT by ckilmer
Me: But, according to you, there is no fusion involved in cold fusion.
You: Horse manure. I have not said that, at all.
Please state for the record then what you are referring to when you refer to ‘cold fusion’.
Please stop posting to me and stop lying.
Neat small unitized Thorium reactors are in use in rural India, and would be a perfect solution for towns in remote areas like Alaska.
“Neat small unitized Thorium reactors are in use in rural India,”
When did they build them? Last night when no one was watching?
http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Current-and-Future-Generation/Accelerator-driven-Nuclear-energy/
http://link.springer.com/article/10.3103/S1541308X08040031?no-access=true
The question is where is this guy getting his neutrons? Or is it a combo laser/ gold nano-particle attempt?
No, the Indians have been into small thorium reactors for quite a while. It’s a standard product line. It’s their thing.
“No, the Indians have been into small thorium reactors for quite a while. It’s a standard product line. It’s their thing.”
Don’t just make things up, please.
http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Nuclear-Fuel-Cycle/Power-Reactors/Small-Nuclear-Power-Reactors/#Modular_construction
www.gizmag.com/small-modular-nuclear-reactors/20860/
indianexpress.com/tag/nuclear-reactor-technology/
Pardon my over-enthusiasm, TexGator. Definitely on the way. In an excess of nuclear zeal, I was planning on putting a SMR Thorium plant about the size of a deep freeze behind my barn and selling cheap power to the neighbors.
“I was planning on putting a SMR Thorium plant about the size of a deep freeze behind my barn and selling cheap power to the neighbors.”
Just the pump to circulate the fluid would cost more than your house!
No one escapes Thermodynamics, I guess.
From your second link:
“In other words, there’s a large gap between what is promised by a technology in the design phase and what it ends up as once it’s built.”
You would be required to pay the government an annual decommissioning fee. Probably tens of thousands of dollars a year.
If you thought hiring a plumber was expensive, just wait till you need a nuclear scientist to make a house call.........
You would be required to monitor radiation exposures on and around the perimeter of you lot. Of course that would have to be done by a person qualified in radiological controls. Cost? $10k per year. More if you are the only one in the neighborhood.
Delivery charge.
Special truck with escort and transportation permits.
Installation permits from city, county, state and US.
NRC Licensing Fee.
Cost? $200,000.
Installation costs.
Proper seismic foundation, piping, electrical ...
Cost: $1 million.
You don’t even want to hear the cost for the unit and fuel!
Not to mention operating reprocessing costs.
Just be careful you don’t get suckered into putting low-grade thulium or thallium in the tank ...
OK, OK! Going to low-head hydro, now!
“OK, OK! Going to low-head hydro, now!”
State and Federal permits for damming up stream.
Estimated three years and $150,000.
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