http://www.greenpacks.org/2008/11/12/20000-homes-to-be-powered-by-mini-nuclear-plants/ Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:39:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.greenpacks.org/2008/11/12/20000-homes-to-be-powered-by-mini-nuclear-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-3760 Oscar Thibidoux Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:21:17 +0000 http://www.greenpacks.org/?p=2535#comment-3760 Sounds like the ZPM module which they use in the STARGATE TV series. If you think about it, about a century ago it was considered weird to have electricity in the house. Sounds like the ZPM module which they use in the STARGATE TV series. If you think about it, about a century ago it was considered weird to have electricity in the house.

]]> http://www.greenpacks.org/2008/11/12/20000-homes-to-be-powered-by-mini-nuclear-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-3742 John Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:20:12 +0000 http://www.greenpacks.org/?p=2535#comment-3742 The "50 year old" design that this is based on is the Canadian Slowpoke research reactor first built in 1967. It's interesting that Canada didn't sell very many of them because China made a knock-off version and now the US is going to make a knock-off too. Why not pick up the phone, call AECL and just order a Slowpoke III with the Sterling heat engines to convert the thermal power to electricity. Oh, right, not invented here... The “50 year old” design that this is based on is the Canadian Slowpoke research reactor first built in 1967. It’s interesting that Canada didn’t sell very many of them because China made a knock-off version and now the US is going to make a knock-off too. Why not pick up the phone, call AECL and just order a Slowpoke III with the Sterling heat engines to convert the thermal power to electricity. Oh, right, not invented here…

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