[NukeNet] Toshiba Builds 100x Smaller Micro Nuclear Reactor

[Dave Kraft]

Well, just in time for the holidays.  I know what I will ask Santa for. 
(a high-level radioactive waste dump maybe??)
But can it withstand the crash of today's commercial aircraft, the NRC 
is asking (not).
Seriously, Japan -- one of seismic capitals of the world -- seems like a 
poor place to market these.  I would think disaster relief to high 
population density  earthquake sites would be complicated enough without 
adding a radioactive burden to the mess to deal with.  I wonder what the 
fuel used is; the waste products; etc.  Who does the refueling and how 
after 40 years.  Whence and wither the wastes.

I know, I am such a cynic.  A glass half-broken person by nature.
Bah, humbug I say!
--Dave Kraft--

Mike Ewall wrote:

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>Oh boy... neighborhood nukes...
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>December 17, 2007
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>Toshiba Builds 100x Smaller Micro Nuclear Reactor
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>Toshiba has developed a new class of micro size Nuclear Reactors that is
>designed to power individual apartment buildings or city blocks. The new
>reactor, which is only 20 feet by 6 feet, could change everything for
>small remote communities, small businesses or even a group of neighbors
>who are fed up with the power companies and want more control over their
>energy needs.
>
>The 200 kilowatt Toshiba designed reactor is engineered to be fail-safe
>and totally automatic and will not overheat. Unlike traditional nuclear
>reactors the new micro reactor uses no control rods to initiate the
>reaction. The new revolutionary technology uses reservoirs of liquid
>lithium-6, an isotope that is effective at absorbing neutrons. The
>Lithium-6 reservoirs are connected to a vertical tube that fits into the
>reactor core. The whole whole process is self sustaining and can last
>for up to 40 years, producing electricity for only 5 cents per kilowatt
>hour, about half the cost of grid energy.
>
>Toshiba expects to install the first reactor in Japan in 2008 and to
>begin marketing the new system in Europe and America in 2009.
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>Mike Ewall
>Energy Justice Network
>215-743-4884
>catalyst at actionpa.org
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