physorg.com - 11/11/2008
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Underground nuclear power plants no bigger than a hot tub may soon provide electricity for communities around the world. Measuring about 1.5 meters across, the mini reactors can each power about 20,000 homes.
dvice.com - 11/11/2008
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dvice.com —
We've been hearing talk of mini-sized nuclear reactors
for a year or longer, but now it looks...
like Hyperion is actually starting to build them. The hot tub-sized fission nukes, each capable of cranking out 25 megawatts of clean power (enough to ...
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Hyperion mini nuclear reactors to supply enough cheap ...
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Hyperion asserts that their modules have no moving parts to wear down, and therefore they never need to be opened on site. The company is flowing with orders for the technology with 100 orders from oil and electricity industries already placed. The commercial development of mini nuclear plants will be a daunting task, as radiation caused by nuclear reactors could be a cause of concern for the areas that deploy the power plants.
Physorg via: Ecofriend
Mini nuclear plant is safe, affordable and purifies water (but doesn't turn lead into gold)
Engadget —
... for about 10,000 homes, running up to ten years before it needs refueled. And if all that isn't enough, the company claims that the module is meltdown proof (the small amount of enclosed fuel would immediately cool if ever exposed to open air), that the enclosed material is unsuitable for proliferation, and in addition to generating inexpensive power the HPM can be used to purify water. Are you sold? Be sure to hit that read link -- Hyperion is taking orders now! [Via PhysOrg] ...
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