This sounds totally mega

[Wij]

Sorry to be a link-whore today:

Bill Gates goes (mini) nuclear ? The Register

 

[Roo Stercogburn]

Thats a really interesting read.

 

[Jiggs]

I think I read something similar recently. Basically in the future there will be a very small nuclear reactor at the end of every street.

It's pretty easy and safe to do apparently...

 

[Wij]

I think I read something similar recently. Basically in the future there will be a very small nuclear reactor at the end of every street.

I don't think there'll be a need for that. 300-500MW is 'small' but typical big reactors or coal-fired stations are 1GW or so so they have half to one third the capacity. Won't need thousands of 'em.

 

[Mabs]

im sure i saw a pic of this, or something similair recently, and the reactors are HUGE, needing to be buried underground.

nice idea tho

 

[Wij]

They'll still produce far more leccy per acre than wind and a lot more reliably.

 

[Mabs]

which is all very nice, but it wont be able to overcome the great blocker of progress and inovation, namely the fucking middle class NIMBY wankers

 

[Wij]

Then we can build them all in Barnsley!

 

[rynnor]

Stick em all on Army Bases - no planning permission required.

 

[Talyn]

Just makes me think of the Fallout Universe...

But yes, very interesting...

 

[Chilly]

What a load of bollocks. Even if it's depleted uranium, it's stil lhighly radioactive and dangerous. These will NEVER become neighbourhood fixtures becayse governments dont trust anyone with nukes - and quite fucking right.

These are for military bases, big boats, special events and emergency generation at government HQs.