Reactor goes brrr
from hellfire103@lemmy.ca to science_memes@mander.xyz on 06 Dec 03:35
https://lemmy.ca/post/34375812

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/22782040

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ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works on 06 Dec 05:10 next collapse

Bypass the steam and generator and just put thermocouples all around it… Wire in series and you have plenty of voltage.

Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 06 Dec 07:14 next collapse

Water’s a pretty good radiation shield, otherwise Geiger counter go brrrr.

Quereller@lemmy.one on 06 Dec 15:12 collapse

Omg, a radioisotope thermoelectric generator. Quick someone call NASA.

Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc on 06 Dec 05:45 next collapse

I know this is troll physic, but is it free if the material will run out?

NaibofTabr@infosec.pub on 06 Dec 06:24 next collapse

Is it free if you have to conduct geological surveys to find the material, then do a bunch of digging to pull it out of the ground, then run a massive refining operation to get a moderately useful amount?

IcyToes@sh.itjust.works on 06 Dec 12:36 next collapse

And then cement it up and dig it deep into the ground until it’s inert.

ace_garp@lemmy.world on 07 Dec 01:46 collapse

Paying for monitoring and contiguous safe storage for 20,000 years.

Venator@lemmy.nz on 08 Dec 09:16 collapse

Surprisingly still not actually that expensive to do per GW compared to the costs of other generation technologies, except that you kinda have to need GW, rather than just KW or MW.

Anticorp@lemmy.world on 07 Dec 04:46 collapse

Okay, “cheap”!

finderscult@lemmy.ml on 06 Dec 07:39 collapse

The material will run out after a few billion billion billion terawatts have been generated, assuming with use both uranium and thorium. It’s like saying is solar free if the sun is going to run out?

Incidentally,

All solar power is nuclear power, and if you’re brave enough all nuclear power can be solar power.

MonkeMischief@lemmy.today on 07 Dec 08:28 collapse

“The power of the Sun…

…in the palm of my hand…!”

—Dr. Otto Octavius

lemmyseizethemeans@lemmygrad.ml on 06 Dec 11:52 next collapse

I like the way the storage is all sorted and theres no risk so we can basically build plants downtown to cut transmission wire loss yeah perfect

swab148@lemm.ee on 06 Dec 12:53 next collapse

Certainly not me playing Tropico

finderscult@lemmy.ml on 06 Dec 12:55 collapse

Storage really isn’t a problem, and most risk comes from ancient reactor designs, not new ones.

Malgas@beehaw.org on 07 Dec 16:53 collapse

Relevant xkcd.