Micro Nuclear Reactor

[Lawdog Dago Dom]

U.S. military airlifts small nuclear reactor for the first time | Fortune

[Colorado Coffinmaker]

 

Stupidity.  At least it was sans fuel.  No way I would want one of those things in my backyard.  And they (Gov't) are bypassing the Nuclear  safety agency's.  Mega Stupid.  

 

What's next??  Maybe tiny Black Holes for trash disposal??

[Texas Joker]

Nuclear reactors in orbit. Great way to power an ion driven spacecraft.  Couple years ago Skunkworks put out a very quite press release they thought the could create a fusion reactor the size of a connex within 10 years.

 

Pretty sure the military nukes have a very strong safety record,  

Edited February 25 by Texas Joker

[Trailrider #896]

19 minutes ago, Texas Joker said:

Nuclear reactors in orbit. Great way to power an ion driven spacecraft.  Couple years ago Skunkworks put out a very quite press release they thought the could create a fusion reactor the size of a connection within 10 years.

 

Pretty sure the military nukes have a very strong safety record,  

Since the first nuclear submarine Nautalus was launched, the Navy has had hundreds of reactors aboard ships, and their failure rate is ZERO. I don't know the exact design of the microreactors, but they are probably nowhere as big as the aircraft carrier Gerald Ford's. Neither are the minireactors likely to produce a Chernoble or even Three Mile Island. As far as reactors in space are concerned, there is work going on to eventually develop nuclear-thermal high thrust and nuclear-electric rockets to get us to Mars twice as fast as chemical propulsion.  For those really afraid of these power sources, just order your aluminum hats. If you want to worry, worry about countries like Iran and North Korea with bombs and missiles capable of reaching the U.S. Hopefully, Iran's capabilities will be reduced to zero shortly.

[Texas Joker]

Pebble bed reactors are really hard to make go critical. You have to really try to screw em up

[Vail Vigilante]

1 hour ago, Trailrider #896 said:

Since the first nuclear submarine Nautalus was launched, the Navy has had hundreds of reactors aboard ships, and their failure rate is ZERO. I don't know the exact design of the microreactors, but they are probably nowhere as big as the aircraft carrier Gerald Ford's. Neither are the minireactors likely to produce a Chernoble or even Three Mile Island. As far as reactors in space are concerned, there is work going on to eventually develop nuclear-thermal high thrust and nuclear-electric rockets to get us to Mars twice as fast as chemical propulsion.  For those really afraid of these power sources, just order your aluminum hats. If you want to worry, worry about countries like Iran and North Korea with bombs and missiles capable of reaching the U.S. Hopefully, Iran's capabilities will be reduced to zero shortly.

The small portable nuke plants are a game changer for our power needs, if the powers that be let them run. 

[Subdeacon Joe]

Enlisted ratings who stand watch on the power plants of nuclear powered vessels are in the their late teens and early 20s. The senior ratings, supervisors, are old men in their late 20s and early 30s.

[Rye Miles #13621]

5 hours ago, Colorado Coffinmaker said:

What's next??  Maybe tiny Black Holes for trash disposal??

Now that would be cool! No more trash bags or garbage cans! 🤠

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

3 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

Enlisted ratings who stand watch on the power plants of nuclear powered vessels are in the their late teens and early 20s. The senior ratings, supervisors, are old men in their late 20s and early 30s.

And your point is.....?

[Subdeacon Joe]

15 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:

And your point is.....?

 

That we've had decades of small nuclear reactors being run by kids not long out of high school without an incident. 

 

We have also been launching satellites that run on nuclear power for about half a century without mishap. Decommissioned satellites are brought down at Point Nemo, 

(48°52.6′S 123°23.6′W) 

 

many with nuclear power, without  mishap 

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

Okay, we got that cleared up.  I didn't read it that way and thought you were making a derogatory comparison.

 

Sorry.

[Subdeacon Joe]

19 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:

Okay, we got that cleared up.  I didn't read it that way and thought you were making a derogatory comparison.

 

Sorry.

 

'S OK. I wasn't quite sure of what you meant,  either.