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Responses to BRC on America’s Nuclear Future from fast reactor experts

ByRod Adams

…ead on the walls in Washington, D.C. regarding this subject for 5 years at Hyperion Power. I believe just a relative few truly got the message and saw the potential – the rest were mired in their own political entanglements, ambitions, ambivalence, laziness, didn’t want to rock the boat, etc. We must overcome this inertia! The U.S. is just getting further and further behind in nuclear energy leadership. We will not prevent other countries from tak…

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Reactions to Macfarlane nomination for Chairman of NRC

ByRod Adams

…ing the datacenter with mini nuclear power stations like the Toshiba 4s or hyperion design (or something similar made by Russian producer). However, that remark got me almost thrown out of the project. The client was not pleased at all. Apparently, one should not mention the word ‘nuclear’ to Russian clients. I still wonder what the reason was for this hostility about nuclear. Surely, Russia has the capability to build nuclear powered datacenters?…

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Emotional evaluation of risks should favor nuclear energy

ByRod Adams

…el costs 40 cents a kwh. When the generators run. I am deeply attracted to Hyperion‘s design and Rod’s Atomic Engines because these type of simple designs can be run safely by people with a few months of intensive training and are still safe even if people walk away from them. I love the simplicity and I love the reliability. I have become a nuclear Nut case. I pray that you will be very effective as you present options for those looking to power…

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The Atomic Show #131 – View from the Left on Atomic Energy

ByRod Adams

…he new episodes. BTW: if therer’s any new news on the micro-nukes, such as Hyperion, the guys up in Oregon, the LFTR, etc. I’d love to hear about hows they’re doing. Take care, and thanks for all your work promoting nuclear power and dispelling the myths that are promulgated by the forces of evil ;-). P.S. It looks like John Wheeler over at This Week in Nuclear is gearing up for more podcasts soon as well – a wonderful world of nuclear news and in…

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Ray Suarez of PBS indicates belief that nuclear energy is irrelevant to America’s future

ByRod Adams

…mber of base station solar needs to be installed before it becomes news… Hyperion http://www.gen4energy.com / NuScale / Flibe / MPower / Toshiba 4S / and other are stalled by the rules posted by the NRC – find a buyer first and then we will review. But that is not news. A regulatory agency blocking the invention of a new style of power that is distributable and emission free (for all practical purposes) is just not news… Being able to replace…

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What does a melted nuclear core look like?

ByRod Adams

…red it dead in the water, but aren’t alternatives available? For instance, Hyperion was supposed to use uranium hydride in their modular reactors, just like Triga reactors, but in order to speed up development and delivery times, they ended up settling for a liquid-metal-cooled uranium nitride fueled reactor core for the time being. From what we’ve been reading about LFTR technology, these reactors are able to attain extremely high temperatures, a…

Quantifying Risks of Tritium in Response to an Op-Ed Piece from the "Radioactive Watchdog" at "Beyond Nuclear"

ByRod Adams

…0th the size of commercial nuclear plants. Today, there are companies like Hyperion, NuScale, and B&W who are developing much smaller nuclear generators that can be manufactured in a factory rather than painstakingly site built. They are aimed at being nimble and responsive to market demands. Since they can generate reliable, emission free power without any grid connectivity for years without any new fuel, they are well suited to many markets that…

Update: One-Woman Crusade to Encourage Exelon to Restore the Zion Nuclear Power Plant and Operate it In Her Backyard

ByRod Adams

…so and we have 3 or 4 companies ready to sell real replacements. (NuScale, Hyperion, MPower). EL Thanks David. I actually agree with you on most of your points. Our energy system (in the West) is heavily reliant on fossil fuels, and this skews the numbers for any particular power source (wind, solar, nuclear, geothermal, and other). This can be managed, I agree, and we will see a great many technological improvements in the near and long term, and…

Explaining the Climate Change Discussion in Comic Form

ByRod Adams

…d Rod luck, or in replacing fuel oil to power cargo ships, in which I wish Hyperion luck. But – as far as I’m personally concerned, chemistry has always interested me more than physics, and chemical engineering interests me more than nuclear engineering. AGW might have changed that for a time, but the time might be changing back. All of the chemical transformations and processes that you can do to coal, carbonaceous substances like oil shale, or e…

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Kirk Sorensen – Why didn’t molten salt thorium reactors succeed the first time?

ByRod Adams

…licensing and other technical issues that will be much easier for LFTR and Hyperion if the SMR-LWR leads the way. Also, the whole issue of actual risk is very important and we need to win that now – with current designs rather than wait for another new design to take over. This battle is NOT going to be won by making a safer reactor – even zero deaths did not reduce the media’s desire to capitalize on the word “radiation” through fear mongering, s…

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