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Reactor goes brrr (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by hellfire103 to c/[email protected]
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22782040

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I know this is troll physic, but is it free if the material will run out?

[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Is it free if you have to conduct geological surveys to find the material, then do a bunch of digging to pull it out of the ground, then run a massive refining operation to get a moderately useful amount?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And then cement it up and dig it deep into the ground until it's inert.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Paying for monitoring and contiguous safe storage for 20,000 years.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Surprisingly still not actually that expensive to do per GW compared to the costs of other generation technologies, except that you kinda have to need GW, rather than just KW or MW.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Okay, "cheap"!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The material will run out after a few billion billion billion terawatts have been generated, assuming with use both uranium and thorium. It's like saying is solar free if the sun is going to run out?

Incidentally,All solar power is nuclear power, and if you're brave enough all nuclear power can be solar power.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

"The power of the Sun...

...in the palm of my hand...!"

---Dr. Otto Octavius

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Bypass the steam and generator and just put thermocouples all around it..... Wire in series and you have plenty of voltage.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Water's a pretty good radiation shield, otherwise Geiger counter go brrrr.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Omg, a radioisotope thermoelectric generator. Quick someone call NASA.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Relevant xkcd.