Doesn't meltdown have the possibility to occur in every nuclear plant?
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by Imperial Joseon » Wed Feb 19, 2020 11:00 am
by The of Korea » Wed Feb 19, 2020 11:02 am
by Novus America » Wed Feb 19, 2020 11:19 am
by Grenartia » Wed Feb 19, 2020 11:34 am
Novus America wrote:Imperial Joseon wrote:
Ah, okay.
A reactor with a positive void coefficient produces more energy the hotter it gets (all else being equal), and the more energy it produces the hotter it gets.
This can rarely produce a runaway feed back loop, (it keeps getting hotter and hotter) or a melt down.
However many reactors have a NEGATIVE void coefficient. As they get hotter they produce less energy, thus making a melt down literally impossible.
by UniversalCommons » Wed Feb 19, 2020 5:00 pm
by The New California Republic » Wed Feb 19, 2020 6:04 pm
UniversalCommons wrote:Since nobody has brought this up, I will throw it in. It is still not there yet. What do you think of plasma converters? Plasma arc technology. This is not quite the same as incinerators. They run a lot hotter.
by UniversalCommons » Wed Feb 19, 2020 6:25 pm
The New California Republic wrote:UniversalCommons wrote:Since nobody has brought this up, I will throw it in. It is still not there yet. What do you think of plasma converters? Plasma arc technology. This is not quite the same as incinerators. They run a lot hotter.
If one of the offshoots of the technology is plasma rifles then I'm all for it.
by Grenartia » Thu Feb 20, 2020 8:29 am
UniversalCommons wrote:Since nobody has brought this up, I will throw it in. It is still not there yet. What do you think of plasma converters?
Plasma arc technology. This is not quite the same as incinerators. They run a lot hotter.
A kind of crazed early attempt at a matter converter
by a mad scientist. It ran hot enough that there was no residue when you threw junk into it. A fantasy that will never happen... Everyone has these moments sometimes.
by UniversalCommons » Sat Feb 22, 2020 8:38 pm
by Waldoven » Sun Feb 23, 2020 2:32 am
UniversalCommons wrote:Speaking of Nuclear Power. Something like this is the right kind of nuclear power plant. Not the giant ones.
https://news.yahoo.com/worlds-tiniest-n ... 00256.html
by Nobel Hobos 2 » Sun Feb 23, 2020 2:55 am
Waldoven wrote:UniversalCommons wrote:Speaking of Nuclear Power. Something like this is the right kind of nuclear power plant. Not the giant ones.
https://news.yahoo.com/worlds-tiniest-n ... 00256.html
Wow, that's a cool nuclear powerplant! It looks very futuristic, that's what all nuclear power plants should be like!
by Waldoven » Sun Feb 23, 2020 6:21 am
by Nobel Hobos 2 » Sun Feb 23, 2020 6:37 am
Waldoven wrote:.....maybe?
by Grenartia » Sun Feb 23, 2020 2:54 pm
UniversalCommons wrote:Speaking of Nuclear Power. Something like this is the right kind of nuclear power plant. Not the giant ones.
https://news.yahoo.com/worlds-tiniest-n ... 00256.html
by Novus America » Mon Feb 24, 2020 7:09 am
UniversalCommons wrote:Speaking of Nuclear Power. Something like this is the right kind of nuclear power plant. Not the giant ones.
https://news.yahoo.com/worlds-tiniest-n ... 00256.html
by The New California Republic » Mon Feb 24, 2020 8:31 am
Novus America wrote:UniversalCommons wrote:Speaking of Nuclear Power. Something like this is the right kind of nuclear power plant. Not the giant ones.
https://news.yahoo.com/worlds-tiniest-n ... 00256.html
Definitely worth looking into, although large ones have benefits as well. I do not think it is a one size fits all thing, the size and type should be optimized for what it is being used for.
Although small, modular reactors are not new, the navy has been using them over 60 years.
Without a single serious accident I might add.
They are ideal for ships obviously, small islands, and small islands, other more isolated communities, large building/schools/industrial complexes though,
And should be used for those. Perfect for military bases, the White House and Capital compex, etc.
Not so good for say NYC.
by Novus America » Mon Feb 24, 2020 8:33 am
The New California Republic wrote:Novus America wrote:
Definitely worth looking into, although large ones have benefits as well. I do not think it is a one size fits all thing, the size and type should be optimized for what it is being used for.
Although small, modular reactors are not new, the navy has been using them over 60 years.
Without a single serious accident I might add.
They are ideal for ships obviously, small islands, and small islands, other more isolated communities, large building/schools/industrial complexes though,
And should be used for those. Perfect for military bases, the White House and Capital compex, etc.
Not so good for say NYC.
I've always wondered whether any government bunkers have their own reactors for power similar to the naval ones, that could last decades or more without refuelling. Then the only time limit on habitability would be food, as water could be drawn from underground water sources and purified, and filtered air pumped around almost indefinitely. But unfortunately it's one of those things we are never likely to find out.
by Satuga » Mon Feb 24, 2020 8:37 am
by Novus America » Mon Feb 24, 2020 8:45 am
Satuga wrote:I'm still saying thorium is our future main power source, which will probably last us much longer than most people think.
by Satuga » Mon Feb 24, 2020 11:12 am
Novus America wrote:Satuga wrote:I'm still saying thorium is our future main power source, which will probably last us much longer than most people think.
Definitely, although because we do not have a working Thorium plant yet, we need to build more Uranium plants, and continue to research Thorium. My plan would be to replace peaking fossil plants with solar and hydroelectric, all baseload fossil with nuclear.
Start with Uranium but with a long term plan to transition to Thorium and then Hydrogen (fusion).
We have enough Uranium, with reprocessing to lay us centuries, with Thorium that gives us a few thousand extra years to get fusion up and running.
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