DIYrich
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Slow blow so you have time to evacuate.
S3: Small, Mobile Nuclear Reactors
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Good idea, thanks.
My bedroom sits over an attached garage, anybody know what the fan noise is like with these?
marionw
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Just make sure @Will Prowse does not open one of these to evaluate it's construction, that is if he is planning on having children
wiseacre
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Is my setup OK?
I let the magic smoke out but the inadvertent black hole I accidently created sucked it back in.
timselectric
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In all seriousness. If this thing was available, I'd be first in line to get it.
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Not sure, but it provides free heat during the winter most likely. Keep your bedroom floor nice and warm.
I’d wait for Will to post a video on his YouTube channel tearing one apart first.
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I suspect we have satellites that can locate radiation hot spots but the guys coming into the hospitals with radiation sickness or burns would be another clue.
The benefits of this would be great but I see two major safety issues:
- Deliberate detonation - aka weaponizing. How many movies have we seen based on the nightmare scenario of bad guys with small, portable thermo nuclear devices?
- Accidents: s**t happens and we don't all have Oppenheimer -level physics degrees.
ScropusGobbleBottom
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Need one in every apartment because we cant hang a 30 watt panel in the window!
Need one in every apartment because we cant hang a 30 watt panel in the window!
Didn't they use them to power remote, unattended lighthouses?
Don't mean to rain on anybody's parade, but a couple points:
1. These things have been around for years:
en.wikipedia.org
I remember reading about SNAP way, way back when I was a kid in the 60's infatuated with all things nuclear.
2. They aren't really "nuclear reactors", they are just thermoelectric generators like this one:
www.bioliteenergy.com
using the heat produced by the decay of fissile material.
The "smallest" ("small" being relative, of course) commercial reactor system design thus far (other than one-offs and the mil-spec systems the Navy has) are the Small Modular Nuclear Reactors:
www.nuscalepower.com
Interesting. I hadn't checked in on these in a while and wouldn't you know it, the marketing folks at NuScale have jumped on the AI bandwagon too...
Sheesh.
1. These things have been around for years:
Systems for Nuclear Auxiliary Power - Wikipedia
I remember reading about SNAP way, way back when I was a kid in the 60's infatuated with all things nuclear.
2. They aren't really "nuclear reactors", they are just thermoelectric generators like this one:
CampStove 2+
Turn fire into electricity with BioLite's award-winning stove. Patented combustion technology creates a vortex of smokeless flames for a portable campfire that can cook your meals and charge your gear, all at the same time.
www.bioliteenergy.com
using the heat produced by the decay of fissile material.
The "smallest" ("small" being relative, of course) commercial reactor system design thus far (other than one-offs and the mil-spec systems the Navy has) are the Small Modular Nuclear Reactors:
NuScale Power | Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Nuclear Technology
We are the global leaders in SMR nuclear technology, delivering our groundbreaking NuScale Power Module to customers in 4, 6, and 12-module VOYGR power plants.
Interesting. I hadn't checked in on these in a while and wouldn't you know it, the marketing folks at NuScale have jumped on the AI bandwagon too...
Sheesh.
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A small nuclear power supply is one of the first things our Terminators will need.
timselectric
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And when they travel back to this time, I'm going to steel it.
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Free power supplies!
DIYrich
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Most power plants, at their core, are some type of thermo->electric. It is what you use to generate the heat, and how it uses the heat, that differentiates one from another.
Brucey
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Getting a tommy knockers by Stephen King vibe from this thread. Where the guy rewires his hot water heater to be incredibly efficient etc
The Tommyknockers and Nuclear Energy - 636 Words | 123 Help Me
The Tommyknockers and Nuclear Energy The Tommyknockers, a book seemingly about an alien ship buried in a small town in Maine that affects the townspeople,...
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Yes, it's all about heat generation, but the way it was explained in various literature I have run across is that there is an actual nuclear chain reaction involved with a reactor. Hence the name.
Anyway, not trying to start a "he said, she said" here. Just regurgitating stuff published by folks wayyyy more into this and have careers in the industry. And which makes sense to me.
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Hedges
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He already did the tear-down, but didn't release the video because he was hospitalized.
Goiânia accident - Wikipedia
DIYrich
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I heard the radiation fried his equipment too, and lost all the recordings.He already did the tear-down, but didn't release the video because he was hospitalized.
Goiânia accident - Wikipedia
ksmithaz1
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I'd lead it.
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Yes ...
And maybe 60% to 90% of them will successfully escape earth.
Maybe even 96%
What are the odds of a successful space launch?
There's a lot that can go wrong on a rocket launch. Over the decades, however, the failure rate has been surprisingly consistent.
www.bbc.com
Why do you ask?
ksmithaz1
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Well we are getting closer to the "Douglas Martin SunPower Screens". The walnut sized reactors can't be far off.
Is the danger of a plant somewhat proportional to the amount of material you have in play? I would think that we have figured out a way to limit the amount of material such that creating a super nasty device would require extreme effort. It's not like you can't get 20 or so propane tanks...
Is the danger of a plant somewhat proportional to the amount of material you have in play? I would think that we have figured out a way to limit the amount of material such that creating a super nasty device would require extreme effort. It's not like you can't get 20 or so propane tanks...
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