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I quit reading there and I already know the people making that claim obviously have a financial interest in the attention gained from making it.
I think it takes 10 years just to get approval to put in a nuclear power plant. I think we should look at some of the emerging technologies, but I also think the idea that we would start with something portable and accident prone like automobiles is a very stupid idea.
Let?s figure out how to use clean energy for the grid first then see where we can go from there.
It is a shame you had to start off such a potentially useful article by making such an irresponsible claim.
Although I suppose the sensationalism was intended to get reader intention, it is a bit like saying "MySpace founder Tom expected to rape thousands females by 2016" and then elaborating later to say that he is only providing the technology used by others to do it.
I quit reading there and I already know the people making that claim obviously have a financial interest in the attention gained from making it.
I think it takes 10 years just to get approval to put in a nuclear power plant. I think we should look at some of the emerging technologies, but I also think the idea that we would start with something portable and accident prone like automobiles is a very stupid idea.
Let?s figure out how to use clean energy for the grid first then see where we can go from there.
It is a shame you had to start off such a potentially useful article by making such an irresponsible claim.
Although I suppose the sensationalism was intended to get reader intention, it is a bit like saying "MySpace founder Tom expected to rape thousands females by 2016" and then elaborating later to say that he is only providing the technology used by others to do it.
Slashdot ran an article a while back where China was planning to construct one here: http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/08/184232
Some claim it is a ""meltdown-proof" alternative to standard water-cooled nuclear power stations." and one of the largest breakthroughs in nuclear technology.
Additional info describing the technology can be found here: https://www.pbmr.com/index.asp?Content=4
I would expect that after the first few PBMR are operational in South Africa, China, etc. that the US will not be far behind in adopting the technology.
Quite a bit will likely be learned from the construction and operation of the first few plants.
that are working on pebble bed reactors. One is a branch of
PBMR Pty LTD, the South African firm, and it is also closely tied
to Westinghouse, a partner in the PBMR project.
I did an interview with Dr. Regis Matzie, the leader of that effort
for Westinghouse, about a year ago. You can find the article
about that interview here:
http://www.atomicinsights.com/
AI_06-07-05.html
There is also a tiny, distributed start-up firm that has been
working on the technology in home offices in various locations
around the world since 1991. That company, Adams Atomic Engines, Inc. has
been sharing information about its developments for nearly a
dozen years on the web.
Though the company essentially went to sleep when everyone in
the US utility market was busy predicting that natural gas would
remain cheap for decades, the design work continued at night
while the company principles got day jobs to pay the bills.
Sometimes patience pays off.
Rod Adams
Adams Atomic Engines, Inc.
that are working on pebble bed reactors. One is a branch of
PBMR Pty LTD, the South African firm, and it is also closely tied
to Westinghouse, a partner in the PBMR project.
I did an interview with Dr. Regis Matzie, the leader of that effort
for Westinghouse, about a year ago. You can find the article
about that interview here:
http://www.atomicinsights.com/
AI_06-07-05.html
There is also a tiny, distributed start-up firm that has been
working on the technology in home offices in various locations
around the world since 1991. That company, Adams Atomic Engines, Inc. has
been sharing information about its developments for nearly a
dozen years on the web.
Though the company essentially went to sleep when everyone in
the US utility market was busy predicting that natural gas would
remain cheap for decades, the design work continued at night
while the company principles got day jobs to pay the bills.
Sometimes patience pays off.
Rod Adams
Adams Atomic Engines, Inc.
that are working on pebble bed reactors. One is a branch of
PBMR Pty LTD, the South African firm, and it is also closely tied
to Westinghouse, a partner in the PBMR project.
I did an interview with Dr. Regis Matzie, the leader of that effort
for Westinghouse, about a year ago. You can find the article
about that interview here:
http://www.atomicinsights.com/
AI_06-07-05.html
There is also a tiny, distributed start-up firm that has been
working on the technology in home offices in various locations
around the world since 1991. That company, Adams Atomic Engines, Inc. has
been sharing information about its developments for nearly a
dozen years on the web.
Though the company essentially went to sleep when everyone in
the US utility market was busy predicting that natural gas would
remain cheap for decades, the design work continued at night
while the company principles got day jobs to pay the bills.
It looks like patience may someday pay off.
Rod Adams
Adams Atomic Engines, Inc.
that are working on pebble bed reactors. One is a branch of
PBMR Pty LTD, the South African firm, and it is also closely tied
to Westinghouse, a partner in the PBMR project.
I did an interview with Dr. Regis Matzie, the leader of that effort
for Westinghouse, about a year ago. You can find the article
about that interview here:
http://www.atomicinsights.com/
AI_06-07-05.html
There is also a tiny, distributed start-up firm that has been
working on the technology in home offices in various locations
around the world since 1991. That company, Adams Atomic Engines, Inc. has
been sharing information about its developments for nearly a
dozen years on the web.
Though the company essentially went to sleep when everyone in
the US utility market was busy predicting that natural gas would
remain cheap for decades, the design work continued at night
while the company principles got day jobs to pay the bills.
Sometimes patience pays off.
Rod Adams
Adams Atomic Engines, Inc.
Slashdot ran an article a while back where China was planning to construct one here: http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/08/184232
Some claim it is a ""meltdown-proof" alternative to standard water-cooled nuclear power stations." and one of the largest breakthroughs in nuclear technology.
Additional info describing the technology can be found here: https://www.pbmr.com/index.asp?Content=4
I would expect that after the first few PBMR are operational in South Africa, China, etc. that the US will not be far behind in adopting the technology.
Quite a bit will likely be learned from the construction and operation of the first few plants.
that are working on pebble bed reactors. One is a branch of
PBMR Pty LTD, the South African firm, and it is also closely tied
to Westinghouse, a partner in the PBMR project.
I did an interview with Dr. Regis Matzie, the leader of that effort
for Westinghouse, about a year ago. You can find the article
about that interview here:
http://www.atomicinsights.com/
AI_06-07-05.html
There is also a tiny, distributed start-up firm that has been
working on the technology in home offices in various locations
around the world since 1991. That company, Adams Atomic Engines, Inc. has
been sharing information about its developments for nearly a
dozen years on the web.
Though the company essentially went to sleep when everyone in
the US utility market was busy predicting that natural gas would
remain cheap for decades, the design work continued at night
while the company principles got day jobs to pay the bills.
Sometimes patience pays off.
Rod Adams
Adams Atomic Engines, Inc.
that are working on pebble bed reactors. One is a branch of
PBMR Pty LTD, the South African firm, and it is also closely tied
to Westinghouse, a partner in the PBMR project.
I did an interview with Dr. Regis Matzie, the leader of that effort
for Westinghouse, about a year ago. You can find the article
about that interview here:
http://www.atomicinsights.com/
AI_06-07-05.html
There is also a tiny, distributed start-up firm that has been
working on the technology in home offices in various locations
around the world since 1991. That company, Adams Atomic Engines, Inc. has
been sharing information about its developments for nearly a
dozen years on the web.
Though the company essentially went to sleep when everyone in
the US utility market was busy predicting that natural gas would
remain cheap for decades, the design work continued at night
while the company principles got day jobs to pay the bills.
Sometimes patience pays off.
Rod Adams
Adams Atomic Engines, Inc.
that are working on pebble bed reactors. One is a branch of
PBMR Pty LTD, the South African firm, and it is also closely tied
to Westinghouse, a partner in the PBMR project.
I did an interview with Dr. Regis Matzie, the leader of that effort
for Westinghouse, about a year ago. You can find the article
about that interview here:
http://www.atomicinsights.com/
AI_06-07-05.html
There is also a tiny, distributed start-up firm that has been
working on the technology in home offices in various locations
around the world since 1991. That company, Adams Atomic Engines, Inc. has
been sharing information about its developments for nearly a
dozen years on the web.
Though the company essentially went to sleep when everyone in
the US utility market was busy predicting that natural gas would
remain cheap for decades, the design work continued at night
while the company principles got day jobs to pay the bills.
It looks like patience may someday pay off.
Rod Adams
Adams Atomic Engines, Inc.
that are working on pebble bed reactors. One is a branch of
PBMR Pty LTD, the South African firm, and it is also closely tied
to Westinghouse, a partner in the PBMR project.
I did an interview with Dr. Regis Matzie, the leader of that effort
for Westinghouse, about a year ago. You can find the article
about that interview here:
http://www.atomicinsights.com/
AI_06-07-05.html
There is also a tiny, distributed start-up firm that has been
working on the technology in home offices in various locations
around the world since 1991. That company, Adams Atomic Engines, Inc. has
been sharing information about its developments for nearly a
dozen years on the web.
Though the company essentially went to sleep when everyone in
the US utility market was busy predicting that natural gas would
remain cheap for decades, the design work continued at night
while the company principles got day jobs to pay the bills.
Sometimes patience pays off.
Rod Adams
Adams Atomic Engines, Inc.
The problem with previous efforts was that they built nuke plants near large population centers. How dumb is that! Look at the East Coast..
This method would be more costly in some ways, but cheaper in others. It would certainly pay off by getting us less dependent on fossil fuels.
The problem with previous efforts was that they built nuke plants near large population centers. How dumb is that! Look at the East Coast..
This method would be more costly in some ways, but cheaper in others. It would certainly pay off by getting us less dependent on fossil fuels.
Meanwhile, I drive a dinky car, live only a few miles from work, don't fertilize or water or over-mow my lawn, don't keep a dog or cat, minimize business travel (esp. by air), and treat A/C as a luxury. None of this is terribly painful or bad for the economy, and will help the environment regardless of global warming.
Meanwhile, I drive a dinky car, live only a few miles from work, don't fertilize or water or over-mow my lawn, don't keep a dog or cat, minimize business travel (esp. by air), and treat A/C as a luxury. None of this is terribly painful or bad for the economy, and will help the environment regardless of global warming.
Hell has, indeed, frozen over! I never thought I would live to see the day when anyone associated with Greenpeace would take any sort of reasoned stance with regard to such an issue.
Hell has, indeed, frozen over! I never thought I would live to see the day when anyone associated with Greenpeace would take any sort of reasoned stance with regard to such an issue.
quite a bit of experimental work on a reactor and fuel cycle that
attempted to address reactor safety, waste hazard reduction, fuel
use efficiency, and nonproliferation. This involved a real reactor
and a real fuel cycle facility. It was cancelled in 1994 but might still
be worth looking into. See the Wikipedia article, "Integral Fast
Reactor"
quite a bit of experimental work on a reactor and fuel cycle that
attempted to address reactor safety, waste hazard reduction, fuel
use efficiency, and nonproliferation. This involved a real reactor
and a real fuel cycle facility. It was cancelled in 1994 but might still
be worth looking into. See the Wikipedia article, "Integral Fast
Reactor"
http://www.ap1000.westinghousenuclear.com/
- Westinghouse AP 1000
- by gatornuke June 12, 2006 12:01 PM PDT
- Westinghouse has already developed an advanced, passively safe reactor. It has obtained Final Design Approval by the NRC and it's essentially ready to go.
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