Small Nukes the Power Generators of the Future? (material, problem, money)
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Could you find a small, underground nuclear generator in your neighborhood? Well, read this and decide for yourself.
Quote:
PARIS (AP) — Small underground nuclear power plants that could be cheaper to build than their behemoth counterparts may herald the future for an energy industry under intense scrutiny since the Fukushima disaster, the incoming head of the Nuclear Energy Agency told The Associated Press.
Maybe one day, however there is a lot of hostility toward nuclear power. Personally I wish the water reactors were never made for consumer power, we'd have saved a ton of grief.
Perhaps I am missing something? Has anybody solved where to store all of our nuclear waste? As far as I know, big or small, both would still produce waste. That is one of the biggest problems with nuclear plants - everybody thinks the other guy should store the waste that they produce. Nobody is happy with this hazmat in their back yard.
Perhaps I am missing something? Has anybody solved where to store all of our nuclear waste? As far as I know, big or small, both would still produce waste. That is one of the biggest problems with nuclear plants - everybody thinks the other guy should store the waste that they produce. Nobody is happy with this hazmat in their back yard.
This has been a headline subject here in Las Vegas for years.
Yucca Mountain was supposed to be a safe storage site for waste from all around the nation. But, scientists and politicians got into a fighting match with the environmentalists pitching in.
Billions of wasted taxpayer money now wasting away with no solution yet found to the problem.
But, by all means, lets do away with fossil fuels.
Perhaps I am missing something? Has anybody solved where to store all of our nuclear waste?
Yeah, France.
Currently 4th generation nuclear reactors, liquid metal or salt, will create radioactive material which will be above background level for 800 years, this contrasts a few million for the current first and second generation water plants we are using today.
A 4th generation breeder thorium, plutonium or uranium reactor will burn all long term fissile material during it's life. A thorium reactor need never have anything approaching a critical mass, in fact it can't unless plutonium or uranium are added to burn them up.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
