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Bill Gates To Help China Build Traveling Wave Nuclear Reactor
First time accepted submitter BabaChazz writes "Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates says he is in discussions with China to jointly develop a new kind of nuclear reactor. During a talk at China's Ministry of Science & Technology Wednesday, the billionaire said: 'The idea is to be very low cost, very safe and generate very little waste.' Gates backs Washington-based TerraPower, which is developing a nuclear reactor that can run on depleted uranium."
Just wait, China !
Bill Gate will give you Blue Screen of Nuclear Death !!
Muchas Gracias, Señor Edward Snowden !
Forgive my auto correct
Oh no, it will not be forgiven, he's already decided that little gaff should have you ousted from science and written communication. For shame!
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nuclear.
i just made windows safe for use.
No sig for you!!
China will use it to build and charge batteries that will be sold in Wal-Marts in the US, so this is a win-win, right . . . ? An the "traveling nuclear waves" stay in China . . . ? Isn't a traveling nuclear wave called a tsunami, and caused a disaster in Japan . . . ?
Actually the title sounds like fear mongering (Bill/China/Nukes) or a bad joke:
"So, Bill Gates walks into a bar in China with a traveling nuclear wave reactor, and the bartender says . . .
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Can you surf nuclear waves . . . ? Maybe China wants to take over the surfing travel industry . . . ?!
This topic always attracts lots of emotion, with very little substance . . . oh, and I guess I'm an offender, too . . .
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
And the L and - keys are pretty far from R... o.O
L and R are adjacent on my Dvorak keyboard, you insensitive clod!
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law
They're the same key on my Japanese keyboard!
It doesn't mean much now, it's built for the future.