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RE: Why You could soon have a Nuclear Power Plant in your Kitchen!
I like the idea of local storage. it makes a lot of sense. i just wish they could finally move away from nuclear. It's nice on paper, but int he real world it just makes a mess - AND it's a non-renewable resource, just like oil.
This is setting up future generations with a problem they probably won't be able to solve.
Using a mix of wind, solar, and hydro with good storage capacity should be enough for many places.
Here in NZ we are moving closer and closer to using renewable energy for everything. It will be a good day when we are finally off fossil fuels for ever ;-)
Hi trevor. All the fears you mention about nuclear have been addressed In the 'Back Yard Nuke' according to the inventors.I know it's explained in the Abundance book,but I couldn't find the particular reference when I was writing the post.But I'll look again now.
I quote -'Nathan Myhrvold founded TerraPower to develop the travelling wave reactor (TWR).A generation - IV variation that he calls "the worlds most simplified passive fast breeder reactor.
It has no moving parts,can't melt down,and can run safely for fifty-plus years,literally without human intervention.It can do all this while requiring no more enrichment operations,zero spent-fuel handling,and no reprocessing or waste storeage facilities.
What's more,the reactor vessel serves as the unit's (robust) burial cask.Essentially,TWRs are a build,bury,and forget power supply for a region or city,making them ideal for the developing world.End quote
As I remarked in my reply to kenny earlier.Abundance was written 5 years ago,so I would have thought such an exciting development would have been more widely known about by now.