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A Nuclear Plant in Your Pocket?
Techtree News Staff, Sep 27, 2008 1250 hrs ISTNot quite but portable nuclear reactors might be just what the planet ordered
A nuclear power plant in your pocket? Well not quite but portable nuclear power will help feed the world's insatiable power requirements in the future, so says John Deal (CEO, Hyperion) of Hyperion Power Generation. What's more, the first product of its kind will be launched by the year 2013.
The company claims that it can provide clean and affordable electricity through portable nuclear reactors in the coming years. This claim isn't new; they said as much last year and spoke then about the development and sale of the same. Nobody believed them then, but now that the company has put a date to its objective, everyone's noticing. Or at least getting ready the ridicule.
The company claims that the power generated is clean, as in, during the power generation process no greenhouse gases are produced which might contribute to climate change. Also, it is safe to produce -- so much so that it is the most controlled and regulated type of power on the planet.
Further, it is also the most reliable and affordable method for generating electricity, says the company --
Electric power generates 26 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions [source]. While the idea of a nucler power plant in your backyard immediately fills the mind with images of a nuclear fallout, or radiation poisoining; nuclear fuel remains one of the cleanest sources of energy. And any step taken to improving the tech is a step in the right direction.
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The company claims that it can provide clean and affordable electricity through portable nuclear reactors in the coming years. This claim isn't new; they said as much last year and spoke then about the development and sale of the same. Nobody believed them then, but now that the company has put a date to its objective, everyone's noticing. Or at least getting ready the ridicule.
The company claims that the power generated is clean, as in, during the power generation process no greenhouse gases are produced which might contribute to climate change. Also, it is safe to produce -- so much so that it is the most controlled and regulated type of power on the planet.
Further, it is also the most reliable and affordable method for generating electricity, says the company --
Invented at the famed Los Alamos National Laboratory, Hyperion small modular power reactors make all the benefits of safe, clean nuclear power available for remote locations. For both industrial and community applications, Hyperion offers reliable energy with no greenhouse gas emissions. Hyperion power is also cheaper than fossil fuels and, when you consider the cost of land and materials, watt to watt, Hyperion s innovative energy technology is even more affordable than many developing alternative energy technologies.
Small enough to be transported on a ship, truck or train, Hyperion power modules are about the size of a "hot tub" approximately 1.5 meters wide. Out of sight and safe from nefarious threats, Hyperion power modules are buried far underground and guarded by a security detail.
Electric power generates 26 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions [source]. While the idea of a nucler power plant in your backyard immediately fills the mind with images of a nuclear fallout, or radiation poisoining; nuclear fuel remains one of the cleanest sources of energy. And any step taken to improving the tech is a step in the right direction.
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