Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: power shortages Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 19:56:48 +0100 Lines: 52 Message-ID: References: <4oqluipf8tsspfkm695dhtnde9q6pj4ui0@4ax.com> <9c9mui5gu262r5u82tmhbrpb09dgtlrchj@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net woNw0dHX46Btm1FejnVH9w1XV40VMZRfQF6MUFpRw8FMou7l3q X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:kQd0Ddl8+dEEoZQ4vggro5y+Frs= sha256:u36bSn/TDdt5QAHDgDWVypSc0aqLIwYGBIzTwzRP3e4= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <9c9mui5gu262r5u82tmhbrpb09dgtlrchj@4ax.com> Bytes: 2792 On 2024-03-08 16:01, John Larkin wrote: > On Fri, 08 Mar 2024 10:40:26 +0000, Cursitor Doom > wrote: > >> On Fri, 8 Mar 2024 10:22:29 +0100, Jeroen Belleman >> wrote: >> >>> On 3/8/24 07:40, Jan Panteltje wrote: >>>> On a sunny day (Thu, 07 Mar 2024 07:13:56 -0800) it happened John Larkin >>>> wrote in : >>>> >>>>> >>>>> https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/amid-explosive-demand-america-is-running-out-of-power/ar-BB1jtM69 >>>>> >>>>> Increasing demand and declining reliable supply could put people in >>>>> the dark. >>>> >>>> Yesterday I was reading Netherlands gov has decided to build 4 new nuclear power plants. >>>> They still have to find locations for 3, what if next doors?? ?? >>> >>> These are planned to be the --now old-fashioned-- Westinghouse >>> design? Big installations that need ten years to build? >>> >>> I wonder if it wouldn't be better to start an industry of >>> small modular reactors. Tens of megawatts rather than hundreds, >>> Something that could fit on a barge, or a train, transported >>> where it's needed, and up and running in months rather than >>> years. >> >> Already in development! >> >> https://www.rolls-royce.com/innovation/small-modular-reactors.aspx#/ > > It's really not a technical problem. The public has an irrational fear > of radiation. Gosh, it is a very rational fear. > > Nukes work fine in France. Actually, they work fine most everywhere > else. > > SMRs sound cool, but need to be hardened against greenie saboteurs. > > They should be supported by a good fuel recycling/disposal > infrastructure, which, again, is not really a technical problem. > -- Cheers, Carlos.