Hand held 100mw fission reactor

[hab...@anony.net]

http://www.greenoptimistic.com/2013/05/18/cheap-and-safe-fission-reactor-designed-by-a-teenager/#.UZleJKLMCSp

photos and excerpt

A teenager designed a cheap and safe modular fission reactor at the
impressive age of only nineteen. The reactor is an invention of Taylor
Wilson, who worked on it for the past one year. He claims that his
design has 30-year fuel life and very low usage cost, making it
perfect for developing nations.

Instead of following the conventional procedure for heating up water
using uranium dioxide fuel, Wilson decided to test heating up of gas,
creating 50 % more efficient molten salt reactor. This increase in
efficiency is due to the much higher temperature at which the new
reactor operates.
Besides operating at up to 700 degrees Celsius, the new reactor also
generates up to 100 megawatts of electricity. The fuel used to operate
the molten salt reactor is the the highly enriched uranium and
weapons-grade plutonium collecting dust since the Cold War.
The reactor should be refueled once every 30 years, which
significantly reduces the risk of proliferation. Compared to
conventional reactors, the new design does not operate

[ji...@specsol.spam.sux.com]

In sci.physics hab...@anony.net wrote:
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They show a picture of a kid with something in his hands and you think
it is a 100 MW reactor?

You really are an idiot.



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Jim Pennino