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AnimeFan188 · 2019-09-03, 21:20

A Very Fast, Very Safe, Very SLIMM Nuclear Reactor:

"One of the latest to emerge is the SLIMM – the Scalable LIquid Metal–cooled small
Modular reactor. This is a fast reactor that uses liquid sodium (Na) to cool and
exchange heat, and that generates 10 to 100 MW for many years, even decades,
without refueling, depending on what power level is desired. It’s very smaller version,
the VSLIMM, generates 1 to 10 MW.

Its designers, Drs. Mohamed S. El-Genk, Luis Palomino and Timothy Schriener from
the University of New Mexico’s Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies in
Albuquerque, describe it thus:

"Fully passive operation with no single point failure, cooled by natural circulation of
sodium during operation and after shutdown, high negative temperature reactivity
feedback and redundant control and safety shutdown, walk-away safe, long life
without refueling, factory fabricated, assembled and sealed, shipped to the
construction site by rail, truck, or barge, installed below ground to avoid direct impact
by missiles or aircraft, and mounted on seismic oscillation bearings to resist
earthquakes.”

The reactor has redundant and passive decay heat removal by heat pipes and natural
circulation of ambient air.

In other words, it can’t melt down, is cheap to construct and only needs ordinary
outside air to cool off if it does shut down quickly for any reason. With Na’s very low
vapor pressure, the reactor operates below atmospheric pressure so there is no
pressure vessel to worry about."

See:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesco.../#694ed09b2c5c

AnimeFan188 · 2022-02-27, 23:29

NASA’s New Shortcut to Fusion Power

"One promising alternative is lattice confinement fusion (LCF), a type of fusion in which
the nuclear fuel is bound in a metal lattice. The confinement encourages positively
charged nuclei to fuse because the high electron density of the conductive metal reduces
the likelihood that two nuclei will repel each other as they get closer together."

See:

https://spectrum.ieee.org/lattice-confinement-fusion

AnimeFan188 · 2022-06-14, 11:53

China’s ‘Particle Beam Cannon’ Is a Nuclear-Power Breakthrough

"The prototype “particle beam cannon” recently completed by Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Modern Physics may sound like science fiction, but it is a novel new technology that promises to recycle dangerous waste produced by a nuclear reactor. A product of China’s huge investment in advanced nuclear-energy systems, the breakthrough could move the country toward energy independence and further cement its global leadership in climate-friendly technology."

See:

https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/202...hrough/368082/

AnimeFan188 · 2022-12-10, 00:51

This Company Wants to Drill the World’s Deepest Holes to Tap Into Earth’s Boundless Energy

"Using research from Paul Woskov of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Quaise Energy believes it can vaporize enough rock to create the world’s deepest holes and harvest geothermal energy at scale to satisfy human energy consumption without the need for fossil fuels."

See:

https://www.popularmechanics.com/sci...hermal-energy/

AnimeFan188 · 2024-03-02, 19:59

The American revolt against green energy has begun

"In a story filled with all the standard climate alarmist narratives, USA
Today recently reported on the rising movement by local governments
in the United States to refuse to permit unwanted wind and solar
industrial sites in their jurisdictions.

After setting the stage by parroting the Biden administration goals of
“100 per cent clean energy by 2035, a goal that depends on the
building of large-scale solar and wind,” USA Today points to the reality
that such big, intrusive, ugly, and destructive industrial sites have
been rejected by twice as many county governments as approved
them. The writers complain that the rejections come about by some
combination of “outright bans, moratoriums, construction impediments
and other conditions that make green energy difficult to build,” but
don’t go on to describe why the rejections are taking place.

Simply put, these huge industrial sites – we simply must stop using the
friendly-sounding term “farms” to describe them – create all manner of
negative consequences for local communities. Consequences like loud
noise from wind turbines, hundreds of dead birds and bats sprinkled
across the countryside, thousands of acres of productive farm or
ranchlands taken out of production for many years if not permanently,
spoiled views, enormous “graveyards” filled with 150-foot blades and
solar panels popping up all over the place, and impacts to local wind
and weather patterns that are only now beginning to be understood."

See:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/new...un/ar-BB1jbhhO

2019-09-03, 21:20	Link #21
AnimeFan188 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008	A Very Fast, Very Safe, Very SLIMM Nuclear Reactor: "One of the latest to emerge is the SLIMM – the Scalable LIquid Metal–cooled small Modular reactor. This is a fast reactor that uses liquid sodium (Na) to cool and exchange heat, and that generates 10 to 100 MW for many years, even decades, without refueling, depending on what power level is desired. It’s very smaller version, the VSLIMM, generates 1 to 10 MW. Its designers, Drs. Mohamed S. El-Genk, Luis Palomino and Timothy Schriener from the University of New Mexico’s Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies in Albuquerque, describe it thus: "Fully passive operation with no single point failure, cooled by natural circulation of sodium during operation and after shutdown, high negative temperature reactivity feedback and redundant control and safety shutdown, walk-away safe, long life without refueling, factory fabricated, assembled and sealed, shipped to the construction site by rail, truck, or barge, installed below ground to avoid direct impact by missiles or aircraft, and mounted on seismic oscillation bearings to resist earthquakes.” The reactor has redundant and passive decay heat removal by heat pipes and natural circulation of ambient air. In other words, it can’t melt down, is cheap to construct and only needs ordinary outside air to cool off if it does shut down quickly for any reason. With Na’s very low vapor pressure, the reactor operates below atmospheric pressure so there is no pressure vessel to worry about." See: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesco.../#694ed09b2c5c

2022-02-27, 23:29	Link #22
AnimeFan188 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008	NASA’s New Shortcut to Fusion Power "One promising alternative is lattice confinement fusion (LCF), a type of fusion in which the nuclear fuel is bound in a metal lattice. The confinement encourages positively charged nuclei to fuse because the high electron density of the conductive metal reduces the likelihood that two nuclei will repel each other as they get closer together." See: https://spectrum.ieee.org/lattice-confinement-fusion

2022-06-14, 11:53	Link #23
AnimeFan188 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008	China’s ‘Particle Beam Cannon’ Is a Nuclear-Power Breakthrough "The prototype “particle beam cannon” recently completed by Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Modern Physics may sound like science fiction, but it is a novel new technology that promises to recycle dangerous waste produced by a nuclear reactor. A product of China’s huge investment in advanced nuclear-energy systems, the breakthrough could move the country toward energy independence and further cement its global leadership in climate-friendly technology." See: https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/202...hrough/368082/

2022-12-10, 00:51	Link #24
AnimeFan188 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008	This Company Wants to Drill the World’s Deepest Holes to Tap Into Earth’s Boundless Energy "Using research from Paul Woskov of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Quaise Energy believes it can vaporize enough rock to create the world’s deepest holes and harvest geothermal energy at scale to satisfy human energy consumption without the need for fossil fuels." See: https://www.popularmechanics.com/sci...hermal-energy/

2024-03-02, 19:59	Link #25
AnimeFan188 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008	The American revolt against green energy has begun "In a story filled with all the standard climate alarmist narratives, USA Today recently reported on the rising movement by local governments in the United States to refuse to permit unwanted wind and solar industrial sites in their jurisdictions. After setting the stage by parroting the Biden administration goals of “100 per cent clean energy by 2035, a goal that depends on the building of large-scale solar and wind,” USA Today points to the reality that such big, intrusive, ugly, and destructive industrial sites have been rejected by twice as many county governments as approved them. The writers complain that the rejections come about by some combination of “outright bans, moratoriums, construction impediments and other conditions that make green energy difficult to build,” but don’t go on to describe why the rejections are taking place. Simply put, these huge industrial sites – we simply must stop using the friendly-sounding term “farms” to describe them – create all manner of negative consequences for local communities. Consequences like loud noise from wind turbines, hundreds of dead birds and bats sprinkled across the countryside, thousands of acres of productive farm or ranchlands taken out of production for many years if not permanently, spoiled views, enormous “graveyards” filled with 150-foot blades and solar panels popping up all over the place, and impacts to local wind and weather patterns that are only now beginning to be understood." See: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/new...un/ar-BB1jbhhO