Is this feasible? (1 Viewer)

[David Spade]

Create tiny small little nuclear reactors for home power generation? Minature ones that provide enough power for one house.


- people who know stuff, is it possible to minaturise nuclear reactors and why/why not?

 

[S.H.O.D.A.N.]

Very feasible. They already exist. Let me find some examples for you.

 

[S.H.O.D.A.N.]

Toshiba Builds 100x Smaller Micro Nuclear Reactor

Mini Nuclear Power Plants Could Power 20,000 Homes (Update)

Probably won't power a home, but here's an example of a coin-sized nuclear reactor, to show how they can be miniaturised significantly:

Coin-sized nuclear isotope battery minted • The Register

 

[pman]

No, you need to generate enormous amounts of heat to turn the turbines effectively, Fuel rods need replacing by experts, you need large areas of radiation sheilding to make it safe and the rod clamps etc get bent by the nuetrons flying out from the core and so need continual replacing.....


Reactors also do not work below a certain "critcal mass" that enables chiain reaction.


The ANSTO OPEL reactor has a core of only 1 square metre but requires a thirteen metre hole in the ground to fill with moderator/insulator.

It would also allow terrorists easy access to allow radiation to escape causing cancers etc


Having said this, they are possible, just not econimically viable or entirly safe to operate if you don't know what your doing...
Its much cheaper/easier to have large reactors powering many homes

 

[David Spade]

Amazing.

2nd question:

-Why are these not being implemented?

 

[David Spade]

No, you need to generate enormous amounts of heat to turn the turbines effectively, Fuel rods need replacing by experts, you need large areas of radiation sheilding to make it safe and the rod clamps etc get bent by the nuetrons flying out from the core and so need continual replacing.....


Reactors also do not work below a certain "critcal mass" that enables chiain reaction.


The ANSTO OPEL reactor has a core of only 1 square metre but requires a thirteen metre hole in the ground to fill with moderator/insulator.

It would also allow terrorists easy access to allow radiation to escape causing cancers etc

shut up

 

[pman]

for the reason outlined in my above post, not economically viable + chenoble stigma

 

[pman]

shut up

ou can make the reactor but they are only useful for producing radio isotopes, not powering homes...Look at the Uni course i plan on doing, I actually know about this stuff!

 

[David Spade]

i dont know, in the link SHODAN posted, the reactor could power 10,000 homes for $25million

thats pretty economically viable imo

 

[David Spade]

ou can make the reactor but they are only useful for producing radio isotopes, not powering homes...Look at the Uni course i plan on doing, I actually know about this stuff!

fucking hell do you have aspergers or something

you havent done the course yet have you

 

[pman]

no, but I've done heaps of background reading into this, Am quite interested in this kind of thing and have nothing better to do with my time than find out how reactors work and post on BOS...Believe it or not, I do know what I'm talking about

 

[David Spade]

see i dont think you do

 

[moll.]

No, you need to generate enormous amounts of heat to turn the turbines effectively, Fuel rods need replacing by experts, you need large areas of radiation sheilding to make it safe and the rod clamps etc get bent by the nuetrons flying out from the core and so need continual replacing.....


Reactors also do not work below a certain "critcal mass" that enables chiain reaction.


The ANSTO OPEL reactor has a core of only 1 square metre but requires a thirteen metre hole in the ground to fill with moderator/insulator.

Or you could just use a Pebble Bed Reactor, which are much smaller (although probably still too large to pragmatically power a single house).

It would also allow terrorists easy access to allow radiation to escape causing cancers etc

lol.
QUIT WORYING ABOUT THEM, D00D. YOU'RE LETTING THEM GET TO YOU. YOU'RE LETTING THEM WIN, MAN.
gtta unite, br0seph.

 

[pman]

True, you could use a pebble bed but still need the expertise to run it! one day it will happen but not yet, the technology still isn't there, its not cheap enough, anyway, open pool reactors are cheaper than pebble bed reactors

 

[SylviaB]

"LOL nah don't worry about that extremely suspicious mole on your back I'm PLANNING on studying dermatology so I KNOW THIS SHIT"

 

[moll.]

BTW Sylvester, with regards to your sig, at least we know government exists.

 

[pman]

Actually, i have studied this kind of thing before, I know the basic principles (and some of the more complex ones) behind nuclear reactors....I know the pro's and cons of various reactors and what each can be used for, you need over 70% enriched uranium to produced power and you need at least 100kg of the stuff, 5-10kg can be used for medical isotope production...You can use substances other than uranium but this is very cost preventative (ask your friendly ANSTO tour guide if you don't believe me (or consult a text book))

 

[David Spade]

ok ill just tell the guys in the links that they are wrong and liars

 

[SylviaB]

BTW Sylvester, with regards to your sig, at least we know government exists.

well obviously I mean faith in government not being evil and stupid

Although still delusional, it's less delusional to believe something in the absence of evidence (belief in god) than it is to believe something in the face of contrary evidence (belief in government).

 

[spartan31234]

Coin-sized nuclear isotope battery minted • The Register

That is not a nuclear power plant. There are plenty of power sources that operate on radio active decay, but this is not nuclear fission.