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Neato technology, but...
I was a nuclear engineer in a former life, so I can make a pretty good guess as to what the technology in these mini-nukes is. Its all very clever, as one could imagine from a product coming out of LANL.

However, I will believe these will be deployed when I see somebody hit the "ON" button on one of them. I've heard too many stories in the past about how nuclear power was making a big comeback.
Posted by: doodlius   Posted on: 11/10/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Neato technology, but...  doodlius | 11/10/08
Now that Bush is leaving office  frgough | 11/10/08
Having a hard time dealing with the loss are you?  IT_Guy_z | 11/10/08
"look into" is the problem.  TripleII | 11/10/08
Keep drinking that kool-aid  frgough | 11/10/08
Looks like there's no koolaid left...  Cayble | 11/11/08
Yet another poster  frgough | 11/11/08
But....  mpilatzke@... | 11/11/08
...old enough to have had more than his fill of Koolaid...  T1Oracle | 11/11/08
And Also...  michaelstn@... | 11/14/08
But isn't that what we have now....  el1jones | 11/11/08
Hey labpartner- congress controls spending,  travlin_Bob | 11/11/08
It's like talking to a child...  el1jones | 11/12/08
You forgot one thing  AzuMao | 11/12/08
Hey labpartner- congress controls spending,  travlin_Bob | 11/11/08
Message has been deleted.  wargammer2005 | 11/11/08
Please refrain from posting your unbiblical opinions.  timgesner | 11/11/08
Looking at  hiraghm@... | 11/11/08
Sign me up for one!  alspurgeon | 11/10/08
Shenanigans  Triboot | 11/10/08
It's based on TRIGA, not PRISM.  Qunchuy | 11/10/08
Its a paper reactor design, and will remain one.  Triboot | 11/11/08
uranium hydride  horos22 | 11/11/08
When they are "safe" enought ....  kd5auq | 11/10/08
10cents?  csaager | 11/11/08
RE: A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?  MikeyTheUnderdog | 11/10/08
I thought the *exact* same thing! (nt)  voyager529 | 11/10/08
At USD$25mil per unit...  ths40 | 11/10/08
divided by 10,000 households...  el1jones | 11/11/08
Optimistic aren't you?  soapietrekkers@... | 11/11/08
You miscalculated  AzuMao | 11/12/08
RE: A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?  peter@... | 11/10/08
RE: A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?  sastry@... | 11/11/08
RE: A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?  LBean | 11/11/08
If you own your own city you will.  AzuMao | 11/12/08
RE: A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?  jigf | 11/11/08
This smells like a scam!  Otter3698 | 11/11/08
NRC approval process proceeding  Gzillasam | 11/11/08
Nuclear Power  Billb33 | 11/11/08
I wouldn't mind one in the neighborhood  clfitz | 11/11/08
There is no safe place to bury the atomic waste or situate the plants  The Rationalist | 11/11/08
Agreed!  hiraghm@... | 11/11/08
You missed the  bernalillo | 11/11/08
Dumping the waste  A.Sinic | 11/14/08
CO2 waste is stored in the atmosphere...  tom123_z | 02/21/09
Re: waste fuel in aggregate  Me_too | 11/11/08
Timescales  grail@... | 11/11/08
Did you even read the article?  AzuMao | 11/12/08
RE: A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?  jteasdal | 11/11/08
Careful  AzuMao | 11/12/08
$25m covers what, exactly?  jeremy@... | 11/11/08
Actually  AzuMao | 11/12/08
This sounds like the premise for a cheesy SiFi story...  readwryt@... | 11/11/08
RE: A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?  keysfish@... | 11/11/08
RE: A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?  homeschooldad@... | 11/11/08
*facepalm at your idiocy*  AzuMao | 11/12/08
RE: A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?  dheavy@... | 11/11/08
A micro nuclear reactor - and they don't know what a Watt is!  john.foggitt@... | 11/11/08
Pedantic  soapietrekkers@... | 11/11/08
energy cost  ticthak@... | 11/11/08
that's how they sell it to us  johnnydoe1894 | 11/11/08
Guess again...  wrenchmonkey | 11/14/08
RE: A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?  rnojonson@... | 11/11/08
"Hack into the grid"?  wrenchmonkey | 11/14/08
RE: A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?  soapietrekkers@... | 11/11/08
So 10 years later you bury another one.  techrepublic@... | 11/11/08
Uhmm... what about the hole  hiraghm@... | 11/11/08
I Know.........Let's recycle! Yeah!!  travlin_Bob | 11/11/08
Efficiency - I think not!  Leopolean | 11/11/08
or  bernalillo | 11/11/08
Indeed, you don't think.  AzuMao | 11/12/08
explain  bernalillo | 11/13/08
RE: A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?  ff1089@... | 11/11/08
$10cent/watt ?  Gradius2 | 11/11/08
Um . . . your maths needs work  dstrachan@... | 11/11/08
Re: Um . . . your maths needs work  Gradius2 | 11/14/08
Cost of the generator, not $.10 / watt-hour !!  ozzie_tech | 11/11/08
Back to high school  csaager | 11/11/08
RE: A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?  Jeff Tyler | 11/11/08
Pretty suspect  bernalillo | 11/11/08
RE: A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?  Me_too | 11/11/08
RE: A micro nuclear reactor in your garden? A day late and a dollar short  Normal_z | 11/11/08
Very sustainable  csaager | 11/11/08
Do the world a favor  AzuMao | 11/12/08
RE: A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?  mwagner@... | 11/11/08
RE: A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?  szaydel@... | 11/12/08
RE: A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?  opcom | 11/12/08
RE: A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?  Dr_Zinj | 11/12/08
RE: A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?  Zemanel | 11/12/08
ZDNet has ads?  AzuMao | 11/12/08
New energy sources should also underscore energy efficiency  BLyonsNYC | 11/12/08
RE: A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?  compressedaudio | 11/13/08
Is this a pebble-bed reactor?  GrizzledGeezer | 11/13/08
nope, not in my garden!  johnd4 | 11/13/08
Weep Homer Simpson?  chaz15 | 11/14/08
Not really that expensive  spacefish | 11/14/08
Nuclear synthetic oil  brad@... | 11/14/08
Have any insurance companies commented?  roystonlodge | 11/14/08
RE: A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?  Techref6060 | 11/14/08
Not only does your math need work, but your basic understanding the subject  wrenchmonkey | 11/14/08
RE: A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?  wrenchmonkey | 11/14/08
RE: A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?  kk0dj | 11/15/08
RE: A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?  ted.law@... | 11/15/08
RE: A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?  blueangell | 11/16/08
RE: A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?  stewymelb | 11/17/08
RE: A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?  elk@... | 11/18/08
RE: A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?  martianzrus | 11/18/08
RE: A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?  dododawa@... | 11/24/08
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RE: A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?  MOHANKUMAR.J | 11/11/09

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