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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 13342225 United States 04/19/2022 09:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: PENTAGON TO BUILD NUCLEAR MICROREACTORS TO POWER FAR-FLUNG BASES / UK gets approval to develop mini reactors by Rolls Royce. Rare overhaul of powerful US nuclear test reactor completed [link to news.yahoo.com (secure)] BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Scientists at the Idaho National Laboratory have completed a rare overhaul of one of the world’s most powerful nuclear test reactors and normal operations are expected to resume later this spring, officials said Monday. The 11-month outage at the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Test Reactor, or ATR, in eastern Idaho allowed a core overhaul that's done, on average, about every 10 years. The changeout was the sixth since the reactor started operating in 1967 and the first in 17 years. [LESS THAN 50% MORE AT LINK] [link to news.yahoo.com (secure)] ************************************************************** From my first post: [EXCERPT] The Cold War-era Army Nuclear Power Program ran from 1954 to 1977, and built eight small nuclear reactors. Those reactors ranged in power production from 1 to 10 megawatts. Five of those eight reactors were used as follows: The PM-1 reactor was used in Sundance, Wyoming, from 1962 to 1968. The PM-2A was used at Camp Century, Greenland, from 1961 to 1964. The PM-3A was used at McMurdo Base, Antarctica, from 1962 to 1972. The ML-1 was used in developmental testing from 1962 to 1966. The MH-1A was used in the Panama Canal Zone from 1965 to 1977. A major failure happened with one of the original eight designs in 1961 when a core meltdown and explosion of the SL-1 reactor at the Idaho National Reactor Testing Station killed three operators. That testing station is now known as the Idaho National Laboratory and is the planned site for testing of the new Project Pele microreactor. [link to ugolini.co.th (secure)] |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 13342225 United States 04/19/2022 09:15 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: PENTAGON TO BUILD NUCLEAR MICROREACTORS TO POWER FAR-FLUNG BASES / UK gets approval to develop mini reactors by Rolls Royce. Not to be outdone, the UK has plans for them also.... Just look at the timing for all of this. This is some pretty major shakeup in the energy sector..... Green light for mini-nuclear reactors by 2024, says Rolls-Royce [link to news.yahoo.com (secure)] Boris Johnson is expected to approve mini-nuclear reactors in 2024 amid a scramble to ditch fossil fuels, a boss of Rolls-Royce has said. The Government asked the nuclear watchdog to start the approval process last month after the firm secured a £210m grant in November from ministers to develop the country’s first small nuclear reactor (SMR). Paul Stein, chairman of Rolls-Royce’ Small Modular Reactors division, said that the regulatory process is likely to be complete in the middle of 2024. [MORE AT LINK] [link to news.yahoo.com (secure)] |
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HeWhoKnows User ID: 80418492 Federated States of Micronesia 04/19/2022 09:28 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: PENTAGON TO BUILD NUCLEAR MICROREACTORS TO POWER FAR-FLUNG BASES / UK gets approval to develop mini reactors by Rolls Royce. The perimeter fence can be made of fiberglass to cut down on costs or even recycled plastics to give the project a green feel to it. They will also need to make sure the system has enough USB charging ports and that the WIFI has enough bandwidth for pornhub. I think if Sun Tzu himself was still alive, he would probably give the person behind this a slap on the back then a kick to the face. This is stupid. Well this is interesting. Quoting: Osmium76 Posted On 15 April 2022 PENTAGON TO BUILD NUCLEAR MICROREACTORS TO POWER FAR-FLUNG BASES [link to ugolini.co.th (secure)] Pentagon officials recently announced that the Defense Department will build a nuclear microreactor that can be flown to an austere site by a C-17 cargo plane and set up to power a military base. A statement released Wednesday by the Pentagon’s Strategic Capabilities Office announced the construction and testing decision that followed the office’s Environmental Impact Statement work for “Project Pele.” The project’s Program Manager, Dr. Jeff Waksman, told Military Times that the office expects to choose one of two designs submitted by BWXT Advanced Technologies, LLC, out of Lynchburg, Virginia, and X-energy, LLC, out of Greenbelt, Maryland, in the coming weeks. Mobile nuclear reactors? Scathing report slams disturbing military program But a number of nuclear scientists and watchdogs have questioned the need for such a device. In recent years, they have publishing scathing reports, commentary and analyses about the potential contamination should the reactor or its fuel be damaged during an attack, stolen or experience a catastrophic failure. “Not only have my concerns not been alleviated, they’ve actually grown,” Professor Alan J. Kuperman told Military Times. Though the drawing board phases of the concepts have gone on in fits and starts since at least 2010, the actual final design and “bending metal” phase have not yet begun. The Army originally awarded $40 million in contracts to three companies in March 2020, according to government documents. In the fiscal year 2020, the Pentagon budgeted $63 million for the project, followed by another $70 million in fiscal 2021. Project Pele reports have hailed the fourth-generation nuclear reactor as a “pathfinder” for commercial adoption of the technology. The moniker “Pele” refers not to the famous Brazilian soccer player but instead is a nod to the Hawaiian deity Pele, the goddess of fire and volcanos and mythological creator of the Hawaiian islands. But of course, there has to be an acronym and for this project it is Portable Energy for Lasting Effects. The plans call for a 40-ton reactor that can fit in three-to-four 20-foot shipping containers and, once set up, provide 1 to 5 Mega Watts of power on full power operation for up to three years before refueling. The microreactor will ultimately join a newer type of nuclear fuel being used in the program at the Idaho National Laboratory. Testing and experimentation will occur in 2024, with demonstrations anticipated by 2025, Waksman said. [LESS THAN 50% MORE AT LINK WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.] [link to ugolini.co.th (secure)] |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 13342225 United States 04/19/2022 09:28 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: PENTAGON TO BUILD NUCLEAR MICROREACTORS TO POWER FAR-FLUNG BASES / UK gets approval to develop mini reactors by Rolls Royce. Yay! For Idaho! Idaho Falls [link to www.atomicheritage.org (secure)] Throughout its history, the U.S. nuclear laboratory at Idaho Falls (presently known as the Idaho National Laboratory or “INL”) has been home to 52 nuclear reactors, the largest concentration of nuclear reactors in the world. Today, all but three reactors have been decommissioned, and employment levels at the lab have precipitously dropped over recent years. Nonetheless, the atomic laboratory at Idaho Falls has played a crucial role developing atomic technology across the United States. [link to www.atomicheritage.org (secure)] [EXCERPT FROM THE SAME LINK] SL-1 Reactor Incident On January 3, 1961 a steam explosion and meltdown at an NRTS reactor named “SL-1” (short for Stationary Low-Power Reactor Number One) killed three Idaho Falls operators. It was the first reactor malfunction that resulted in fatalities at any atomic-related site since the AEC’s founding in 1947. Immediate concern that the explosion could result in radioactive contamination of nearby towns was soon alleviated, as health physicians and NRTS management officials measured negligibly low levels of radiation beyond the immediate site of the reactor. Nonetheless, the informality in which reactor operators had conducted their business would soon come to an end. The SL-1 explosion led to a major structural review of reactor procedures. The site manager, Allan Johnson, resigned and an internal investigation ensued. The AEC mandated stronger definitional responsibilities for site employees and limited operational parameters for contractors. Shutdown procedures and control systems for reactors across the nation came to the immediate attention of the AEC. One site supervisor stated: “The SL-1 accident was a big watershed point. Up until then, our detailed procedures weren’t much, but we were able to get a lot done in a short amount of time. After SL-1, the reactor was shut down, and we had many, many reviews of procedures. Some reactors at the Site went two years before starting up again. There were committees, and everyone was reviewing procedures and developing formalized sign-offs. It turned into a totally new way of doing business with reactors” (Stacy, 2000). The reactions of surrounding towns, though, were quite minimal. In the short term, public acceptance of nuclear power went largely unchanged despite the unprecedented nature of this event. An estimated 790 people were eventually exposed to harmful doses of radiation throughout the explosion and subsequent cleanup (Maslin, 1984), but local residents did not seem to muster any considerable alarm that the laboratory posed a threat to their safety. As criticism of nuclear power become more widespread in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the SL-1 incident came under increased public scrutiny. As public support for nuclear power waned, the incident became one example to which protesters referred in order to argue that nuclear power posed a threat to public safety and that the exploration of its potential uses must be curbed. [link to www.atomicheritage.org (secure)] |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 13342225 United States 04/19/2022 09:35 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: PENTAGON TO BUILD NUCLEAR MICROREACTORS TO POWER FAR-FLUNG BASES / UK gets approval to develop mini reactors by Rolls Royce. It's a pretty big thing to have them messing around with this stuff right next door to me. I didn't say I liked it. It'll need to be designed to be dug into the ground and shielded above with styrofoam for maximum protection. Quoting: HeWhoKnows 80418492 The perimeter fence can be made of fiberglass to cut down on costs or even recycled plastics to give the project a green feel to it. They will also need to make sure the system has enough USB charging ports and that the WIFI has enough bandwidth for pornhub. I think if Sun Tzu himself was still alive, he would probably give the person behind this a slap on the back then a kick to the face. This is stupid. Well this is interesting. Quoting: Osmium76 Posted On 15 April 2022 PENTAGON TO BUILD NUCLEAR MICROREACTORS TO POWER FAR-FLUNG BASES [link to ugolini.co.th (secure)] Pentagon officials recently announced that the Defense Department will build a nuclear microreactor that can be flown to an austere site by a C-17 cargo plane and set up to power a military base. A statement released Wednesday by the Pentagon’s Strategic Capabilities Office announced the construction and testing decision that followed the office’s Environmental Impact Statement work for “Project Pele.” The project’s Program Manager, Dr. Jeff Waksman, told Military Times that the office expects to choose one of two designs submitted by BWXT Advanced Technologies, LLC, out of Lynchburg, Virginia, and X-energy, LLC, out of Greenbelt, Maryland, in the coming weeks. Mobile nuclear reactors? Scathing report slams disturbing military program But a number of nuclear scientists and watchdogs have questioned the need for such a device. In recent years, they have publishing scathing reports, commentary and analyses about the potential contamination should the reactor or its fuel be damaged during an attack, stolen or experience a catastrophic failure. “Not only have my concerns not been alleviated, they’ve actually grown,” Professor Alan J. Kuperman told Military Times. Though the drawing board phases of the concepts have gone on in fits and starts since at least 2010, the actual final design and “bending metal” phase have not yet begun. The Army originally awarded $40 million in contracts to three companies in March 2020, according to government documents. In the fiscal year 2020, the Pentagon budgeted $63 million for the project, followed by another $70 million in fiscal 2021. Project Pele reports have hailed the fourth-generation nuclear reactor as a “pathfinder” for commercial adoption of the technology. The moniker “Pele” refers not to the famous Brazilian soccer player but instead is a nod to the Hawaiian deity Pele, the goddess of fire and volcanos and mythological creator of the Hawaiian islands. But of course, there has to be an acronym and for this project it is Portable Energy for Lasting Effects. The plans call for a 40-ton reactor that can fit in three-to-four 20-foot shipping containers and, once set up, provide 1 to 5 Mega Watts of power on full power operation for up to three years before refueling. The microreactor will ultimately join a newer type of nuclear fuel being used in the program at the Idaho National Laboratory. Testing and experimentation will occur in 2024, with demonstrations anticipated by 2025, Waksman said. [LESS THAN 50% MORE AT LINK WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.] [link to ugolini.co.th (secure)] |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 13342225 United States 04/19/2022 09:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: PENTAGON TO BUILD NUCLEAR MICROREACTORS TO POWER FAR-FLUNG BASES / UK gets approval to develop mini reactors by Rolls Royce. Rare overhaul of powerful US nuclear test reactor completed Quoting: Osmium76 [link to news.yahoo.com (secure)] BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Scientists at the Idaho National Laboratory have completed a rare overhaul of one of the world’s most powerful nuclear test reactors and normal operations are expected to resume later this spring, officials said Monday. The 11-month outage at the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Test Reactor, or ATR, in eastern Idaho allowed a core overhaul that's done, on average, about every 10 years. The changeout was the sixth since the reactor started operating in 1967 and the first in 17 years. [LESS THAN 50% MORE AT LINK] [link to news.yahoo.com (secure)] ************************************************************** From my first post: [EXCERPT] The Cold War-era Army Nuclear Power Program ran from 1954 to 1977, and built eight small nuclear reactors. Those reactors ranged in power production from 1 to 10 megawatts. Five of those eight reactors were used as follows: The PM-1 reactor was used in Sundance, Wyoming, from 1962 to 1968. The PM-2A was used at Camp Century, Greenland, from 1961 to 1964. The PM-3A was used at McMurdo Base, Antarctica, from 1962 to 1972. The ML-1 was used in developmental testing from 1962 to 1966. The MH-1A was used in the Panama Canal Zone from 1965 to 1977. A major failure happened with one of the original eight designs in 1961 when a core meltdown and explosion of the SL-1 reactor at the Idaho National Reactor Testing Station killed three operators. That testing station is now known as the Idaho National Laboratory and is the planned site for testing of the new Project Pele microreactor. [link to ugolini.co.th (secure)] They already built one in Antarctica back in the late 1950's Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80237905 National Geographic Magazine did a major right up on it McMurdo Station Yes, that was one of 8 listed above. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 75896049 United States 04/19/2022 09:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: PENTAGON TO BUILD NUCLEAR MICROREACTORS TO POWER FAR-FLUNG BASES / UK gets approval to develop mini reactors by Rolls Royce. Well this is interesting. Quoting: Osmium76 Posted On 15 April 2022 PENTAGON TO BUILD NUCLEAR MICROREACTORS TO POWER FAR-FLUNG BASES [link to ugolini.co.th (secure)] Pentagon officials recently announced that the Defense Department will build a nuclear microreactor that can be flown to an austere site by a C-17 cargo plane and set up to power a military base. A statement released Wednesday by the Pentagon’s Strategic Capabilities Office announced the construction and testing decision that followed the office’s Environmental Impact Statement work for “Project Pele.” The project’s Program Manager, Dr. Jeff Waksman, told Military Times that the office expects to choose one of two designs submitted by BWXT Advanced Technologies, LLC, out of Lynchburg, Virginia, and X-energy, LLC, out of Greenbelt, Maryland, in the coming weeks. Mobile nuclear reactors? Scathing report slams disturbing military program But a number of nuclear scientists and watchdogs have questioned the need for such a device. In recent years, they have publishing scathing reports, commentary and analyses about the potential contamination should the reactor or its fuel be damaged during an attack, stolen or experience a catastrophic failure. “Not only have my concerns not been alleviated, they’ve actually grown,” Professor Alan J. Kuperman told Military Times. Though the drawing board phases of the concepts have gone on in fits and starts since at least 2010, the actual final design and “bending metal” phase have not yet begun. The Army originally awarded $40 million in contracts to three companies in March 2020, according to government documents. In the fiscal year 2020, the Pentagon budgeted $63 million for the project, followed by another $70 million in fiscal 2021. Project Pele reports have hailed the fourth-generation nuclear reactor as a “pathfinder” for commercial adoption of the technology. The moniker “Pele” refers not to the famous Brazilian soccer player but instead is a nod to the Hawaiian deity Pele, the goddess of fire and volcanos and mythological creator of the Hawaiian islands. But of course, there has to be an acronym and for this project it is Portable Energy for Lasting Effects. The plans call for a 40-ton reactor that can fit in three-to-four 20-foot shipping containers and, once set up, provide 1 to 5 Mega Watts of power on full power operation for up to three years before refueling. The microreactor will ultimately join a newer type of nuclear fuel being used in the program at the Idaho National Laboratory. Testing and experimentation will occur in 2024, with demonstrations anticipated by 2025, Waksman said. [LESS THAN 50% MORE AT LINK WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.] [link to ugolini.co.th (secure)] Mobil Nuclear Microreactors to power military bases, Ghee I WONDER WHAT CAN GO WRONG? |
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User ID: 82875490 Netherlands 04/19/2022 10:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: PENTAGON TO BUILD NUCLEAR MICROREACTORS TO POWER FAR-FLUNG BASES / UK gets approval to develop mini reactors by Rolls Royce. The Soviets did that to power faraway lighthouses and it's a practice done by many nations to power submarines and by the US to power aircraft carriers and the Russians to power ice-breaking ships. So the idea of using small reactors to power remote stuff that's difficult/impractical to refuel regularly has been done for a pretty long time pretty safely - both for civil and military uses. Problem is we have shown a recent very bad habit of abandoning military bases along with everything in them. If we'll abandon/forget/lose AC-130s and helicopters and tanks and, oh, an entire friggin' airbase that was the size of/operated as a small city (Bagram) I'm sure it'll be no sweat abandon/forget/lose a cargo plane transportable reactor or ten on our next international misadventure with 'ol Sleepy Joe at the helm. Last Edited by Cannabis Thrills People!.... on 04/19/2022 10:13 AM Libertarian.. NOT Communist... but always American Never-Vaxxed Crew!... #NoClotshot... #NotAPolock. |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 13342225 United States 04/19/2022 10:31 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: PENTAGON TO BUILD NUCLEAR MICROREACTORS TO POWER FAR-FLUNG BASES / UK gets approval to develop mini reactors by Rolls Royce. I played with fire as a kid and set a hillside ablaze. The stuff they are doing is basically the same thing. Dangerous technology, not dissimilar to what they were/are doing at Wuhan and other biological labs with viruses. It might be nice that they can power a small town as long as they don't end up killing everyone in it and then some due to unforeseen error or circumstance. heh... |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 68998005 United States 04/19/2022 11:27 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: PENTAGON TO BUILD NUCLEAR MICROREACTORS TO POWER FAR-FLUNG BASES / UK gets approval to develop mini reactors by Rolls Royce. I remember reading many years ago, I'd say early to mid nineties, that Honda was building micro nuclear generators that could be buried in your back yard. I forget the exact number, but they were said to be able to operate for many years. Something 30-50yrs if I recall correctly. After reading that I thought it was too good to be true, and I was right. Never heard mention of it again until now. If they are the same as what I read about years ago, they are fairly safe. Meltdown isn't even a possibility, and they produce power for many years. One unit is said to be able to produce enough electricity for an whole neighborhood. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 80605842 United States 04/19/2022 11:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: PENTAGON TO BUILD NUCLEAR MICROREACTORS TO POWER FAR-FLUNG BASES / UK gets approval to develop mini reactors by Rolls Royce. TPTB continue to push nuclear as part of the go green agenda Yellow is Green Reason being is to continue production and mining for plutonium and yellowcake probably for weapons |
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User ID: 82884642 Czechia 04/19/2022 12:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: PENTAGON TO BUILD NUCLEAR MICROREACTORS TO POWER FAR-FLUNG BASES / UK gets approval to develop mini reactors by Rolls Royce. Paul Browm was ready to let it go for all of us, in 1980 he presented this paper: [link to drive.google.com (secure)] moral reasoning takes about 250 miliseconds we make errors in between perception->relation->behaviour |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 13342225 United States 04/19/2022 12:11 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: PENTAGON TO BUILD NUCLEAR MICROREACTORS TO POWER FAR-FLUNG BASES / UK gets approval to develop mini reactors by Rolls Royce. TPTB continue to push nuclear as part of the go green agenda Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80605842 Yellow is Green Reason being is to continue production and mining for plutonium and yellowcake probably for weapons Russian troops stormed into Chernobyl so I have read. What is it you suppose they were there for? Certainly not their health. It seems like a very specific thing to go into that exclusion zone knowing the risks. |