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Mini Nuclear Power Plants? Can This Be a Good Idea?

Posted By mike On November 16, 2008 @ 12:40 pm In Small Foot Print, Global Warming | 1 Comment

It’s really hard for me to feel positive about nukes because we have no viable plans for dealing with the waste that, for all practical purposes, lasts forever.  Add in the fact that the waste is deadly and can be the basis for terrorism, mayhem and extortion and my interest really wanes.  But maybe I am wrong about all that?   Maybe there is a way to produce electricity/power with nukes that we will have to use?

If so, then this article from the Guardian is talking about a possibility for a grid of the future that does not rely on combustion of fuels that produce more greenhouse gases.

I think it is worth the read and some consideration:

[1] clipped from [2] www.guardian.co.uk

Mini nuclear plants to power 20,000 homes

�13m shed-size reactors will be delivered by lorry

  • [3] The Observer,
    Sunday November 9 2008
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  • [4] guardian.co.uk, Sunday November 9 2008 00.01 GMT
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  • [5] Article history
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    Nuclear power plants smaller than a garden shed and able to power 20,000 homes will be on sale within five years, say scientists at Los Alamos, the US government laboratory which developed the first atomic bomb.

  • [6] John Vidal and Nick Rosen
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    The miniature reactors will be factory-sealed, contain no weapons-grade material, have no moving parts and will be nearly impossible to steal because they will be encased in concrete and buried underground.

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