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Message Subject Straight from the Future! Diamond BATTERIES made of NUCLEAR WASTE can provide electric power for THOUSANDS of years.
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When I was an engineer at Rockwell, one of our scientists created ceramic pellets using nuclear waste. The waste materials were locked up as constituents of the ceramic and could not be leached out by water.

A barrel of those pellets could heat water to boiling for thousands of years. Nice energy source.

As it turns out, the anti-nuke crowd is NOT interested in actual solutions except the option of abandoning nuke power forever.

I once met a guy from the Clamshell Alliance, a prominent anti-nuke group. I asked him about using fusion power plants.

He said, "Our position is that any fusion power plant has to be at least 93 million miles away from inhabited areas, i.e., the sun". He looked smug at this bit of humor.

If the greens were serious about cutting carbon emissions, they would be all for fusion power as well as thorium powered LFTRs. BTW, LFTRs can burn up rad waste and obtain the energy.
 Quoting: darth 70183558


wow. I just need ONE of those barrels! Very very interesting. Your comment made me realize I have a lot of studying to do.
 Quoting: Layers of Reality


The approach is simple: Figure out which elements are radioactive isotopes in your waste stream. Then, figure out which ceramic compounds use those elements. Mix, bake the pellets in a kiln, and voila! Then, you can leach out any elements that did not combine into the ceramic matrix.

As an engineer, I always value the elegant, simple solution.
 Quoting: darth 76366194
arent you an architect instead?:Idol1
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76376373


I have been an engineer since I graduated from the Hudson Trade School for Wayward Boys.

First, I was a Military Engineer, then aerospace, and, now, a metal coating engineeer for the past 16 years.

I got my handle "darth" when I designed the first Star Wars experiment using the Space Shuttle back in '83.
 
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