Hopefully we'll see a LOT more of these built.
https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/...TTXB7Q7hwZfHCJAlVy0EQsEXXYP8cMvTTlib1x5LW5nko
https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/...TTXB7Q7hwZfHCJAlVy0EQsEXXYP8cMvTTlib1x5LW5nko
Nex-gen nuclear plant construction
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One can only hope but I'm guessing environmentalists will keep it tied up in court for 30 years.
Sneakers
Just sneakin' around....
A meltdown does not imply an explosion. A meltdown is just that.... material that is so hot that it simply melts thru the container and thru the earth below it.
I'm not familiar enough with this kind of reactor to say it could or could not meltdown.
SamSpade
Well-Known Member
I *think* the basic thing is that you have to heat it up externally to work - that if left by itself, it cools off. You can't have a runaway reaction.
glhs837
Power with Control
Report Finds That ‘Advanced’ Nuclear Reactor Designs Are No Better Than Current Reactors—and Some Are Worse
A new Union of Concerned Scientists report finds that so-called "advanced" non-light-water nuclear reactors in development do not live up to their hype.
Sounds like these guys are not really looking for better reactors but rather reasons to never build any more reactors. "Could" "Might", "Possibly", ignoring the point that you build test plants to answer those questions. If you require the test reactors to meet all the standards before you build them, then they say it will be more than 20 years til you even build the test reactors.
This is how you throttle progress, with fear.
And this sort of crap shows why SpaceX is developing the Starship system on its own.
black dog
Free America
I thought Chalk was just sutting down the two coal fired burners ST1 and ST2 and and maybe two of the old oil NG turbines. Everything else can run on NG.
But yes with the land theres plenty to add on.
Plus they have steam cooling towers so they already look like nuclear reactors.
Kinnakeet
Well-Known Member
Lets hope so
glhs837
Power with Control
Why, do you think renewables can take the load? Not for quite a while, if ever. Are you going to power down your house and sweat in August?
Why so? What else other than natural gas (my favorite) is going to provide the fuel for "future" electrical power generation?
The "if" in "if ever" is not in doubt. Maybe in 100 years some sort of riskless fusion energy technology will be in play. But nothing will realistically replace fossil fuels in the next 50 years except for nuclear.
The greenies have less than a clue.
Sneakers
Just sneakin' around....
Natural gas is the leading source of heat in the US. Depending on the report source, anywhere from 30 to 60% of the nations heat.
It’s not a problem replacing fossil fuels, we could do it today. There’s boundless energy available right at this moment, solar, wind or wave. It’s always a matter of it being at the wrong place. Wind and wave energy are available in the oceans 100% of the time, solar energy is available is just as reliable and plentiful in multiple desserts around the world without taking any farmland out of action. The only issue is storing and transporting it to where it’s needed. Anyone who could come up with a truly efficient storage medium could be the worlds first trillionaire.
It's more a matter of how to harness and convert it...not whether or not it exists in a useless form. As an engineering firm we've been involved in wind, solar, wave, tide, and ocean current energy conversion projects. Blithe broad statements about the abundance of all that energy are bullshit that I get sick of seeing repeated....especially in the left-stream media. Abundance is irrelevant....practical usefulness is.
Very few understand "practical" these days.