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Nucular Hydrogen Economy

Posted by michael on from the don't-email-about-misspelling dept.

Mark Baard writes "The hydrogen economy will at least in part be based on nukes. The DOE will build a pilot high-temperature, gas-cooled reactor (HTGR), which theoretically can co-generate electricity and hydrogen, side by side, inside a cheap modular unit."

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  1. nucular??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    when did dubya start posting here?

    1. Re:nucular??? by Geckoman · · Score: 4, Funny
      Everyone is scared of nuclear power. Thus the need to rename it nucular.

      "Omigosh! They're building a nuclear power plant in our town!"
      "No, it's a nucular plant."
      "Oh, that's alright then. Whew!"

      Rebranding works. Right, Philip Morris?

  2. Nucular? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Spell Czech?

  3. Time to cut the French some slack .... by binaryDigit · · Score: 5, Funny

    Entergy, the second-largest nuclear energy producer in the U.S., hopes to break ground on its co-generation Freedom Reactor within five years.

    OK, we can cut it out with this "Freedom" stuff everywhere now. Tell Entergy that they can go back to calling it their "French" Reactor again, the war is over.

  4. Answer: Chalupas! by el-spectre · · Score: 5, Funny

    And the methane is cheap and easy to get as well... 99 cent menu at lunch means that you can drive home in the evening...

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    "Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel." - A.B.
  5. SEP Containment by Greyfox · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you use SEP containment technology it doesn't have to last a million years. It only has to last the career of an elected official. After that, it becomes Somebody Else's Problem.

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    I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?

  6. Haha... by Benedryl+Patanol · · Score: 3, Funny
    Officials at the Idaho lab hinted at a dramatic exhibit of its pilot reactor's safety. "We could even do a demonstration in which we dump the helium coolant," said James Lake, associate laboratory director. "That would be a way to show the public in a visible way how safe the technology is."


    1. "Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball."
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    "Jerk store Jerry, jerk store... Jerk store!"
  7. Re:You're not likey to hear that by Eric+Ass+Raymond · · Score: 4, Funny
    They're built extremely well.

    That's what they said about the Titanic too.

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    BOO! TERRO