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Portable Nuclear Battery in the Development Stages
Xight writes "The Santa Fe Reporter has up an article about a portable nuclear reactor, about the size of a hot tub. Despite it's 'small' size the company that is planning to develop the product (Hyperion Power Generation), claims it could power up to 25,000 homes. 'Though it would produce 27 megawatts worth of thermal energy, Hyperion doesn't like to think of its product as a reactor. It's self-contained, involves no moving parts and, therefore, doesn't require a human operator. "In fact, we prefer to call it a 'drive' or a 'battery' or a 'module' in that it's so safe," Hyperion spokeswoman Deborah Blackwell says. "Like you don't open a double-A battery, you just plug [the reactor] in and it does its chemical thing inside of it. You don't ever open it or mess with it."' If all goes according to plan, Hyperion could have a factory in New Mexico by late 2012, and begin producing 4,000 of these
reactors."
I have some clients from the Middle East with a suitable truck. Where can I purchase this thing?
Baker's Law: Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it
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Enjoy your visit from Homeland Security dude.
How we know is more important than what we know.
Let's just hope he doesn't get tased!
Portable nuclear batteries? Rad!!! Oh, wait...
There is literally a 1 page website setup for the company at HyperionPowerGeneration.com.
"Invented at Los Alamos: Patent Pending".
Uh huh. I'm totally looking forward to placing my order.
BTW: I see no mention of hot-tub sizes on the website... though, I didn't read too carefully. They claim to be about 30% cheaper than current liquid moderated reactors.
Yeah, but in fairness to them it can do the Kessel run in less than twelve parsecs. That's not something your everyday reactor can do.
Spokesman:
"Nuclear reactors don't kill people.
People who open nuclear reactors kill people."
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It keeps glowing and glowing and glowing and glowing...
KeS
If Sony ever announces a similar project in my backyard, I'm moving!
... it will have a warning label on it saying:
"May explode if disposed of in fire"
Although, I suppose whether it's a warning label or a usage guide depends on your political views.
I won't be interested until these things can generate at least 1.21 gigawatts.
No! No! No! This sucker's electrical.
I just needed a nuclear reaction to generate the one point twenty one gigawatts of electricity.
WHATDIDIJUSTSAY???!
No! No! No! This sucker's electrical.
I just needed a nuclear reaction to generate the one point twenty one gigawatts of electricity.
ONE POINT TWENTY ONE GIGA VVATTS?!?!?!
If it's like a AA battery, does that mean that it, too, will explode if you leave it outside in the winter? God I love living in Minnesota....
It's vapourizeware.