Bill Gates To Develop a Revolutionary Nuclear Reactor With Korea

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Bill Gates To Develop a Revolutionary Nuclear Reactor With Korea

Posted by samzenpus on Monday August 20, 2012 @01:30AM from the power-to-the-people dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft founder Bill Gates has pledged to develop with Korea a revolutionary nuclear reactor that will leave far less radioactive waste than existing ones. Gates invested US$35 million in a nuclear-power venture company TerraPower in 2010. TerraPower is led by John Gilleland. It was formed from an effort initiated in 2007 by Nathan Myhrvold's company, Intellectual Ventures. The company includes expert staff and individual consultants who have worked for some of the most prestigious nuclear laboratories and engineering companies in the world." You may remember that Gates worked with China to build a reactor late last year.

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My God by Anonymous Coward · 2012-08-20 01:31 · Score: 4, Funny

Microsoft is working together with the North Koreans to kill us all! Give all my moneys to DHS and TSA!
1. Re:My God by Strawser · 2012-08-20 01:53 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  It's one of those annoying namespace pollution games
  To resolve this problem I suggest that we start calling South Korea for The Democratic Republic of Korea.
  As opposed to North Korea's official name, the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea. Yeah, that'll surely clear things up.
  
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2. Re:My God by mbone · 2012-08-20 02:26 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  The People's Democratic Republic of Korea is still available.
3. Re:My God by Anonymous Coward · 2012-08-20 02:40 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Splitter!
Begs the question.... by robthebloke · 2012-08-20 01:40 · Score: 3, Funny

... are microsoft getting into the refinement of uranium/plutonium as a way to avoid patent litigation from Apple/Samsung/Google over the surface?

"We raise your patent for 'a small button on the device front, that allows the user to turn it on', with two 8Kg blocks of plutonium-239, which we shall now hand to your lawyers as one big block, whilst running away very, very, quickly..... ".
Re:Thorium by ByOhTek · 2012-08-20 01:42 · Score: 4, Funny

So we can grow sweet potato like produce that will turn us into aggressive, violent, homophobic, psychopathic "protectors" one we grow past breeding age?

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Re:Thorium by d3ac0n · 2012-08-20 01:58 · Score: 3, Funny

No, those plants won't grow properly in our biosphere. Thank goodness too because I really wasn't looking forward to having a beak. Although I wouldn't mind the awesome physique.

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Re:I think I was happier when by j-pimp · 2012-08-20 01:59 · Score: 3, Funny

The only billionaire evil scientists existed in the works of Stan Lee
So Lex Luthor ruined you on the idea?

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Re:More to the point: by SpaceCracker · 2012-08-20 03:02 · Score: 3, Funny

Does it run Linux?
Don't be ridiculous.It runs DOS.
There's no need to panic, it's fool proof. They've appointed General P. F. to take care of that.
I would start to worry when I see an Azure Cloud over Korea.

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