Canadian provinces band together to develop nuclear reactor technology
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#2Cute
Re: Canadian provinces band together to develop nuclear reactor technology
#3A few years ago Toshiba was going to build a small reactor in Alaska. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galena_Nuclear_Power_Plant
But it got canceled, and for the life of me I can't understand why anyone thinks its better to truck in heavy fuel oil for generators vs having a small reactor buried in the ground for 30 years.
I've been saying for a few years now that green energy only advocates are basically on the side of coal and natural gas plants because they scream "green energy" and end up with a few MW of wind (ignoring the hydro built 50 years ago which to this day is still the majority "green energy" source) and a bunch of natural gas or in the past coal plants.
If they said yes to fission 40 years ago we wouldn't be having the climate crisis discussion today. We don't have 40 more years to overbuild wind/solar and perfect battery technology at 2-5x the current price for natural gas. Because if people don't start saying "yes" for carbon free power sources like this we _WILL_ be trying to figure out how to built them in 50 years to recapture all the carbon we burned into the atmosphere while trying to avoid more and more of the forests/etc from burning.
Re: Canadian provinces band together to develop nuclear reactor technology
#4A nuclear reactor designed so small that can be placed in School Gyms. The phrase says all.
It seems that shootings at schools are not longer exciting enough for the three men in the photo. They could also place dynamite under the basement and a big red button in the main entrance with a "do not push" sign. Adolescents love a defy.
Re: Canadian provinces band together to develop nuclear reactor technology
#5A few years ago Toshiba was going to build a small reactor in Alaska. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galena_Nuclear_Power_Plant But it got canceled, and for the life of me I can't understand why anyone thinks its better to truck in heavy fuel oil for generators vs having a small reactor buried in the ground for 30 years. I've been saying for a few years now that green energy only advocates are basically on the side of…
It all depends on how much they end up costing to build compared to alternatives.
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#6The saddest double-standard of all that’s driven by pure stupidity is the phenomenon of “environmental activists” who decry efforts to develop and deploy nuclear power.
We could’ve been carbon neutral, but the green morons had to make a scene and screech “wind and solar” playing into their fictitious enemies hand (coal, natural gas etc.)
Re: Canadian provinces band together to develop nuclear reactor technology
#7A few years ago Toshiba was going to build a small reactor in Alaska. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galena_Nuclear_Power_Plant But it got canceled, and for the life of me I can't understand why anyone thinks its better to truck in heavy fuel oil for generators vs having a small reactor buried in the ground for 30 years. I've been saying for a few years now that green energy only advocates are basically on the side of…
It all depends on how much they end up costing to build compared to alternatives.
A huge part of that is all the lawsuits and "regulations" designed to keep new plants from being built. Regulations pushed for by the green energy constituency...
I'm all for safety but if you read some of the regulation stories we would be banning CT scanners from hospitals..
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#8Great news. Especially with the CANDU reactors being decommissioned it’s nice to see that there’s still at least some political push to invest in nuclear, even if I think Doug Ford is a cretin.
Fun fact, my father used to buy drugs in Doug Ford’s house when he was a teenager.
Re: Canadian provinces band together to develop nuclear reactor technology
#9A nuclear reactor designed so small that can be placed in School Gyms. The phrase says all. It seems that shootings at schools are not longer exciting enough for the three men in the photo. They could also place dynamite under the basement and a big red button in the main entrance with a "do not push" sign. Adolescents love a defy.
I don't think it has any context with schools other then the average person has been into a school gym and has an idea how big one of those are. If you left them guess how big one of these reactors without something to compare I would have no idea what a compact reactor would be for size. I personally thought we would see trailer sized nuclear reactors. But a gym sized one is not that big of a foot print either and can fit in any city.
Re: Canadian provinces band together to develop nuclear reactor technology
#10A few years ago Toshiba was going to build a small reactor in Alaska. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galena_Nuclear_Power_Plant But it got canceled, and for the life of me I can't understand why anyone thinks its better to truck in heavy fuel oil for generators vs having a small reactor buried in the ground for 30 years. I've been saying for a few years now that green energy only advocates are basically on the side of…
"... better to truck in heavy fuel oil..."
Your answer right there. The nuclear power industry just doesn't lobby hard enough.