Re: Whoops! The Atlantic Makes Trump Look EPIC In Cover Intended as a Smear

On 29/09/2024 16:06, Cryptoengineer wrote:

On 9/28/2024 11:53 PM, Peter Fairbrother wrote:

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I have nothing against thorium vs uranium - except idiots who plan trailer-sized molten salt reactors which can't cope with a post-SCRAM meltdown and which are a huge proliferation risk and claim because it's thorium it's somehow safer, and the like, and the like, and people who go on and on about the supposed benefits of thorium.

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 You must be thrilled by Project Pele
 https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3915633/dod-breaks-ground-on-project-pele-a-mobile-nuclear-reactor-for-energy-resiliency/
 

Oh yes. A "mobile" nuclear reactor for DoD projects in "remote and austere environments." At least they aren't planning to build one a day.
Except it needs a concrete containment which takes a year to build, and then needs several months to assemble - so not really very mobile, more prefabricated.
And suppose they build one for a base in Uppity-stan, but then decide to leave - after the reactor has been used for a while it isn't going to be very mobile. It's going to be highly radioactive and full of potential nuclear bomb-making material.
Also, anyone want a case of regulatory capture:  "Our tight partnership with INL and the Department of Energy Idaho Operations Office is leading the way forward not just for manufacturing advanced reactors, but also for regulating them in an efficient and safe manner."
What a wonderful idea. A pity it isn't thorium...
Peter Fairbrother