01-19-2011, 06:24 PM
Hi,
Did you skip the part that said "The core heat source for this plant is quite compact; it is only about 0.7 meters in diameter and about 2 meters tall. This section of the plant would be at the bottom of the 30 meter deep excavation inside a sealed cylinder, a location that helps to provide the driving force needed for natural circulation cooling and that provides an impressive level of nuclear material security."
Somehow, I just don't think driving around with the equivalent of a 30 m (~100 ft) deep hole is going to be practical. And it's not just the equivalent shielding that you need, it's the loss of the ground heat pump effect. So, add shielding, add coolant/heat transfer fluid pump. Add who knows what to make it accident safe and to prevent the wrong people from getting weapon grade material.
--Pete
(01-19-2011, 03:37 PM)kandrathe Wrote: For example, Toshiba has developed a 10MW compact reactor measuring 20 feet x 6 feet.
Did you skip the part that said "The core heat source for this plant is quite compact; it is only about 0.7 meters in diameter and about 2 meters tall. This section of the plant would be at the bottom of the 30 meter deep excavation inside a sealed cylinder, a location that helps to provide the driving force needed for natural circulation cooling and that provides an impressive level of nuclear material security."
Somehow, I just don't think driving around with the equivalent of a 30 m (~100 ft) deep hole is going to be practical. And it's not just the equivalent shielding that you need, it's the loss of the ground heat pump effect. So, add shielding, add coolant/heat transfer fluid pump. Add who knows what to make it accident safe and to prevent the wrong people from getting weapon grade material.
--Pete
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