I was reading this article and was made aware of a very interesting new type of miniature nuclear reactor for electricity generation.
May 17 (Bloomberg) — Manufacturers of refrigerator-sized nuclear reactors will seek approval from U.S. authorities within a year to help supply the world’s growing electricity demand.
Transportable by truck, the units would come in a sealed box and work around the clock, requiring less maintenance than a fossil fuel plant, the developers say. They’d cost 15 percent less per megawatt of capacity than the average full-scale atomic reactors now in on the drawing board, according to World Nuclear Association data.
“A 25-megawatt plant would put electricity into 20,000 homes, and it would fit inside this room,” James Kohlhaas, vice president at a Lockheed Martin Corp. unit that builds power systems for remote military bases, said in an interview. “It’s a pretty elegant micro-grid solution.”
Of course, there is licensing and other red tape, it is an elegant solution to energy needs that should be pursued.
Here is the link to ‘the plans’ that Hyperion Power has proposed. Please take a moment to read it.
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