Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On 10/12/2024 01:05, rbowman wrote:

On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 12:55:37 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
 

Build your concrete structures, pop in a boiler and turbines and some
generators and ship a complete reactor in, and plug it in to a factory
produced control system, and that's it.

 Where were you planning to build your concrete structures? Have you done a
complete environmental analysis and responded to the lawsuits by
environmentalists and groups that don't want a nuke in their particular
back garden?

Broadly speaking you do it where the old nuclear power stations were built, that still have gigawatt grid connections... But its no more intrusive than a gas powered station so any large industrial estate is suitable. 'Brown field' is the idea. Old coal and nuclear become new nuclear.
The government drove a coach and horses  through planning law with wind farm development. They can do the same for nuclear if the political will is there.
Once the electorate are clamouring for it, it suddenly seems easy to do to get re-elected...
People in the UK have had nukes in their back yards for 40 years or more. No one minds.
I was walking on a beach and passed some people and got chatting 'do you know what that is?' they asked. 'That's Britain's biggest and newest nuclear power station'. 'oh..'..was all they said.
The NIMBYs are not NIMBYs at all  - they are carefully orchestrated, fully paid up, probably by Russia or other gas interests, climate and energy activists. Bussed in from big cities.
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