Sunday, November 9, 2008

My Own Personal Nuke Plant

Soon to appear at the Super Wal-Mart nearest you, at some kind of bargain-basement price.

Nuclear power plants smaller than a garden shed and able to power 20,000 homes will be on sale within five years, say scientists at Los Alamos, the US government laboratory which developed the first atomic bomb.

I certainly have that much space available for such a worthy cause.

The miniature reactors will be factory-sealed, contain no weapons-grade material, have no moving parts and will be nearly impossible to steal because they will be encased in concrete and buried underground.

"no weapons-grade material". Oh well, nothing's perfect.

Supposedly refuelable, although getting the "gas cap" off sounds like a major project. Maybe your garden should have access for a largish crane, too.


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