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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (72525)	2/14/2010 2:38:43 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Read Replies (1) of 74559

MQ, may be this would be the right solution for energy needs - they may even build locomotives and maritime vessels run on those enclosed reactors if lowering the size/scale will actually work. Fact is that submarines are running for years on nuclear power but they are highly classified and not released for commercial use Wide scale adoption of the technology will lower the dependence on the ME crude oil and solve the issue of Iran as they will plainly run out of money. WOnder who is sleeping at the switch - or the related articles do not tell the true story and are highly over- optimistic acceleratingfuture.com thorium.tv Smaller reactors make power generation convenient in two ways: decreasing staffing costs by dropping them close to zero, and eliminating the bulky infrastructure required for larger plants. For this reason, it may be more likely that we see the construction of a million $40,000, 100 kW plants than 400 $300 million, 1GW plants. 100 kW plants would require minimal shielding and could be installed in private homes without fear of radiation poisoning. These small plants could be shielded so well that the level of radiation outside the shield is barely greater than the ambient level of radiation from traces of uranium in the environment. The only operating costs would be periodic safety checks, flouride salts, and thorium fuel. For a $40,000 reactor, and $1,000/year in operating costs, you get enough electricity for 100 people, which is enough to accomplish all sorts of antics.

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