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US Plans "Disposable" Nuclear Batteries

Posted by Zonk on from the putting-energizer-out-of-business dept.

holy_calamity writes "A US government program is in the works to design small nuclear reactors for use by developing countries. The work continues despite fears about security and nuclear proliferation. Plans include having reactors supplied with fuel by the US and other trusted nations, or to build reactors with their whole lifetime of fuel packaged securely inside — like a giant non-user replaceable radioactive battery.' '"

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  1. Excellent by geekoid · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Don't forget powering desalinization plants.

    If you can build desalinization plants around the nuclear device, it would be easier to secure, and immediately noticed if someone started tampering with it. i.e. the loss of power.

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  2. Re:FFS by The+End+Of+Days · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The silly part of you is assuming that you could somehow make consumption reduction a priority over improving generation facilities. It's a simple issue - one requires the cooperation of everybody, while the other requires changes that can be made without that cooperation. There's a pragmatic decision to be made there.

  3. Re:Good use of taxpayer money? by bxwatso · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Let my split hairs here. The USA is by far the most generous nation regarding giving to the world's poor. The US Government donates less as a percent of its economy than does any other developed nation's government.

    The US Government is not the USA.