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Toshiba Builds Ultra-Small Nuclear Reactor

Posted by samzenpus on from the a-reactor-in-every-home dept.

DeusExCalamus writes "Toshiba has developed a new class of micro size Nuclear Reactors that is designed to power individual apartment buildings or city blocks. The new reactor, which is only 20 feet by 6 feet, could change everything for small remote communities, small businesses or even a group of neighbors who are fed up with the power companies and want more control over their energy needs."

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  1. MOD PARENT INSIGHTFUL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Rumors for nerds?!

  2. Why not? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    We sold chemical weapons to Iraq.
    Some of our future govs did deals with Iran, and more once they came to office.
    Shoots, we even built up and armed Al Qaeda.

    About the only who will not be allowed to buy this will be American citizens. All else will be welcomed.

  3. Re:Incredible. by Bromskloss · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    20 feet high, 6 feet in diameter.

    Hmm. The diameter is the largest distance between two points in the object (reactor) that can be found, right? The diameter ought to be at least 6.096 m then. :p

    The diameter of a subset of a metric space is the least upper bound of the distances between pairs of points in the subset. So, if A is the subset, the diameter is sup { d(x, y) | x, y A } .
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