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Why 'nuclear batteries' offer a new approach to carbon-free energy
https://techxplore.com ^
| 25 JUNE 2021
| by David L. Chandler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Posted on 06/25/2021 11:57:04 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: SunkenCiv; Kevmo; Swordmaker; ShadowAce; dayglored
Pingy!...................
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posted on
06/25/2021 11:57:39 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
06/25/2021 11:58:55 AM PDT
by
rfp1234
(Comitia asinorum et rhinocerum delenda sunt.)
To: Red Badger
The marxist echo chamber will scream. Note who they are.
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posted on
06/25/2021 12:00:02 PM PDT
by
Basket_of_Deplorables
(Convention Of States is our only hope now! Desantis 2024!!!)
To: Red Badger
I imagine I’m mixing electrical concepts, but IIRC Thomas Edison wanted enormous batteries on every city block — that’s how you get that all-important DC power into people’s homes.
George Westinghouse (and Tesla) instead proposed the idea of Power Stations and long transmission lines to deliver AC power to people.
But I guess we’re back to big batteries.
To: rfp1234
We’re getting there!......................
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posted on
06/25/2021 12:01:32 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: ClearCase_guy
DC has huge power losses at short distances.....................
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posted on
06/25/2021 12:02:22 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
If we’re truly serious about being green Nuclear is the cleanest option and most practical out there.
Not sure about the batteries, but Nuclear tech has been around for awhile now.
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posted on
06/25/2021 12:02:58 PM PDT
by
Bayard
To: Red Badger
"It's intrinsically safe. It's so safe we can put it in your neighborhood."
"The next step will be to build a pilot plant at one of the national laboratories that has extensive equipment for testing nuclear reactor systems, such as the Idaho National Laboratory. They have a number of facilities that are being modified to accommodate these microreactors, and they have extra layers of safety.
It's so safe they need extra layers of safety to test it.
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posted on
06/25/2021 12:03:09 PM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
("Pour les vaincre il faut de l'audace, encore de l'audace, toujours de l'audace")
To: Red Badger
Cool...it's a long wheelbase Fat Man design!
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posted on
06/25/2021 12:04:30 PM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
("Pour les vaincre il faut de l'audace, encore de l'audace, toujours de l'audace")
To: Red Badger
To: ProtectOurFreedom
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posted on
06/25/2021 12:11:25 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
06/25/2021 12:11:52 PM PDT
by
Flick Lives
(“Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.”)
To: Red Badger
Fukushima, 3 Mile Island, Chernobyl.
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posted on
06/25/2021 12:13:44 PM PDT
by
bgill
To: Red Badger
I can see them on military bases and other secure facilities.
I don’t see them in any place where they could be vulnerable to sabotage.
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posted on
06/25/2021 12:15:25 PM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
To: PapaBear3625
With one mile perimeter, triple razor wire topped 20 foot fence and guard towers every 100 yards or so, it’s doable.................
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posted on
06/25/2021 12:22:17 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
06/25/2021 12:22:48 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Police should refuse duty at NBA venues. Let them wallow in their desired chaos without police.)
To: Red Badger
A bit big to fit in my flashlight... But it’s a start.
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posted on
06/25/2021 12:28:34 PM PDT
by
Dead Corpse
(A Psalm in napalm...)
To: KarlInOhio
Atomic batteries to power. Turbines to speed. Even without going to the link:
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA BATMAN!
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posted on
06/25/2021 12:29:04 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Red Badger
DC has huge power losses at short distances..................... That's why Edison proposed batteries the size of buildings on every city block. Lots and lots of batteries providing power over short distances. Westinghouse saw that AC was superior for transmission of power over longer distances.
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