[NukeNet] Toshiba Builds 100x Smaller Micro Nuclear Reactor

[Janette Sherman]

Ah yes, nuclear sources and waste in every neighborhood.  Those of  
you who have a smattering of knowledge about chemistry may remember  
that if Lithium gets wet, it reacts with avery powerful explosion.
The energy bill contained no money for re-newables such as solar and  
wind. Solar panels can last 30 years, and they emit no radiation.
Our president today  calls for nuk-you-ler, failing to pronounce or  
understand nuclear energy.  It is NOT carbon-free.  Enormous amounts  
of carbon-based energy is used to mine, refine, and transport  
uranium.  Then energy is used (usually coal-fired) to separate the  
U-235 from the ore.  More energy is used to store the depleted  
uranium (U-238), to produce steel and concrete to build reactors.   
And don't forget the carbon-based fuel needed by those to get to work  
to guard reactors.  And fuel to transport the spent fuel to, to....  
where ever that may be.
Janette D. Sherman, M. D.
www.janettesherman.com



On Dec 20, 2007, at 12:31 PM, Mike Ewall wrote:

> NukeNet Anti-Nuclear Network (nukenet at energyjustice.net)
>
>
> Oh boy... neighborhood nukes...
>
>
> December 17, 2007
>
> Toshiba Builds 100x Smaller Micro Nuclear Reactor
>
> 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.
>
>
> Mike Ewall
> Energy Justice Network
> 215-743-4884
> catalyst at actionpa.org
> http://www.energyjustice.net
>
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