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| Toshiba Builds 100x Smaller Micro Nuclear Reactor |
| 2007-12-21 |
| Posted by:BrerRabbit |
| #17 Toshiba, eh? Just wait when they'l make it a laptop size! |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-12-21 22:49 |
| #16 As long as it isn't made in China until they fix their Quality Assurance problems. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-12-21 22:10 |
| #15 Seems the ideal thing for Bunker Hermits, surface every 30 years or so for a recharge. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-12-21 19:41 |
| #14 Mr. Fusion is still unavailable at the local Walmart, but I would happily settle for a Kenmore Fissionaire. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2007-12-21 19:39 |
| #13 Just what I need to power my secret lair. |
| Posted by: Steve 2007-12-21 16:17 |
| #12 DarthVader: I just had a vision of MechWars. I am in giddy for some strange reason. |
| Posted by: Charles 2007-12-21 15:46 |
| #11 So I can make my BattleMech now?!?!? |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-12-21 15:40 |
| #10 #6: 20' x 6', making it about the size of a (long) station wagon... Self propelled Tank? (BOLO) |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-12-21 14:54 |
| #9 Don't care. I want one. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2007-12-21 13:33 |
| #8 200kw? No good. If I bypass the mains and fire up a couple 3-phase welders, a plasma cutter, the drill press, the brake lathe, the bench grinder, charge the electric forklift and crank the stereo (Brystons is draw the power) my neighbors gonna be mad about not being able to use hi new hot-rodded espresso machine. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2007-12-21 13:17 |
| #7 I can see building farms of these, gradually replacing coal fire plants. Good for peaking power as well. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2007-12-21 12:43 |
| #6 20' x 6', making it about the size of a (long) station wagon... |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-12-21 11:13 |
| #5 This must be a different class of reactor, as both Japan and South Africa have had steel dumpster sized reactors for at least a decade. I suspect that the others were decay reactors, so produced a lot less energy, but didn't need neutron dampening. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-12-21 10:36 |
| #4 T Woof good point, I meant to say put that in the neighborhood context but my mind blanked out. |
| Posted by: mhw 2007-12-21 10:24 |
| #3 200kw a little more than lights and refrig, freezer. It's enough for 20 houses each with a 10kw peak. |
| Posted by: Thomas Woof 2007-12-21 10:15 |
| #2 hmmm 1. 200kw isn't that much; you could have lights, power the refrig and freezer but not much else 2. What's the fuel? If they put 235 in their micro reactor, there are some major licensing issues. 3. They don't say how much it weighs. I bet its well over 2 tons. |
| Posted by: mhw 2007-12-21 09:58 |
| #1 This means I can make grilled cheese in my office. The convenience! |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-12-21 09:18 |