Small area big power

[Tomr10]

Literally months ago a guy I worked with spoke about small nuclear reactors coming and today the news announces rolls Royce are going to make them.

Would you have one on your land

 

[Exfarmer]

These are similar to the reactors found in Submarines and large military ships

 

[Oldmacdonald]

Seems remarkable they haven't been developed bofore now? I guess easier to get approval for 1 big one than 100 small ones.

 

[Tomr10]

Cant be moved though

 

[Oldmacdonald]

Id happily have one.

I foresee a country with an incredible electricity requirement in the near future. Nuclear makes perfect sense.

 

[Exfarmer]

Seems remarkable they haven't been developed bofore now? I guess easier to get approval for 1 big one than 100 small ones.

There are one or two operating quietly in cities where they have been going since the 50’s, officially they are for research, but I believe there is one in London at Imperial college and certainly one in Chicago

 

[Hilly]

Nuclear is the best ! I’d have one. Nothing is perfect but Nuclear has more for than against imo

 

[bovrill]

I've always lived about six miles away from one of the first big ones in the country, and have the power lines from it run through the farm, and it's never done me any harm, so I'd be quite happy to host a little one.
Assuming it's similar, but updated technology from submarines and aircraft carriers, I can't see how they could be a problem.

 

[sjt01]

Would not touch a Pressurised Water Reactor, because you need safety systems to protect the safety system that protects the safety system that protects the reactor. However a molten salt thorium reactor would happily find a home on a corner of our farm, if anything goes wrong it cools down and goes solid. Waste issues far less, no nasty plutonium produced (can even get rid of it) so no terrorist issues, Thorium much easier to find than uranium.

 

[Oldmacdonald]

Would not touch a Pressurised Water Reactor, because you need safety systems to protect the safety system that protects the safety system that protects the reactor. However a molten salt thorium reactor would happily find a home on a corner of our farm, if anything goes wrong it cools down and goes solid. Waste issues far less, no nasty plutonium produced (can even get rid of it) so no terrorist issues, Thorium much easier to find than uranium.

Why aren't big reactors Thorium based?

 

[GeorgeK]

Be about the safest, best policed land in the country near a nuclear reactor. They wouldn't tolerate suspicious vehicles prowling around at night. Doubt if they'd let the pikeys set up camp next door either

 

[sjt01]

Why aren't big reactors Thorium based?

Blame Admiral Rickover, and the needs of the military first to build submarine reactors, then to be able to get bomb materials from reactors.

 

[akaPABLO01]

Getting planning for a GSHP is hard enough but nuclear plant LOL

Good luck with this pipe dream for at least 30 years

 

[Condi]

These are similar to the reactors found in Submarines and large military ships

Sort of yes and no.

The nuke in a sub might be 20 or 30MW, the proposed SMR is 400-500MW, which is about the same as the existing advanced gas reactors from the 1980s. Small is a relative term, both in footprint and power output but only when compared with Hinkly Point C/ European Pressurised Reactor which is 1800MW per reactor.

 

[SilliamWhale]

Nuclear is the best ! I’d have one. Nothing is perfect but Nuclear has more for than against imo

A lot of the arguments against nuclear are against power stations that would never be build nowadays in the same style. I blame the Germans and the Greens for the stultification of nuclear in the UK. And most of all German Greens

 

[2CE]

There are one or two operating quietly in cities where they have been going since the 50’s, officially they are for research, but I believe there is one in London at Imperial college and certainly one in Chicago

Wrong end of town. Queen Mary College in the East End had one when I was there in the 80's. No idea if it's still there.

 

[Exfarmer]

Wrong end of town. Queen Mary College in the East End had one when I was there in the 80's. No idea if it's still there.

Thanks for clarifying this, I was in the right city anyway

 

[Oldmacdonald]

I believe they both had one. Albeit Imperial College's one was out at Silwood Park.

Silwood Park - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Exfarmer]

I believe they both had one. Albeit Imperial College's one was out at Silwood Park.

Silwood Park - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Thanks, I thought Imperial had one, I did not know of the other.
imagine the fuss is either wanted to build one today!

 

[Paul E]

Can you put them in tractors?
The 135 is a bit gutless with a 6m Power harrow. ?