OT: Rolls Royce on track to deliver SMR

The Natural Philosopher · 2021-02-12T08:17:53+00:00

Royce, who uniquely do not employ Art Students to design power stations, have completed feasibility studies on what will be if it comes to pass, the first reactor design in Britain to have been designed by engineers for low cost mass production, using no new or exciting technology, just doing well known stuff better and cheaper.interestingly they address the issue of synthetic hydrocarbon fuel as well as potential hydrogen generation.The cost estimates are encouraging.3-4 times cheaper on electricity than any renewable, and only twice the current price of fossil on aviation fuel.And capital investment in reach of private finance opening the way to build power stations for the likes of pension fund investors without needing government financial support.

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The Natural Philosopher 5 years ago

Neither do coal or gas.

Of course its possible that one day a protester might fall off the roof of a nuclear power station and kill themselves, but that is as far as its likely to go in this country.

No fuel problem on fission either, for the next 10,000 years

Well exactly.

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Spike 5 years ago

Why don't they do that on the 25th of every month?

Oh! That would kinda spoil Christmas.

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T i m 5 years ago

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Quite, and why I'm hoping most people wouldn't and would only *drive* them there when going past or there with a general load.

I generally take stuff to pieces before disposing of it because:

1) I am likely to already have it open for faultfinding and so I might retain some of the components for my own use / spares. 2) It means I can then better recycle the stuff, plastics in with the (hard) plastics, metal in the metals etc. 3) I can sell PCB's to a recycler of such (who reclaim the solder and precious metals etc). The local scrap yard also pays a couple of guide for motors, as out of a washing machine etc [1]. 4) I like to see how stuff was built.

The last thing I took to bits was a 40" plasma monitor and I was amazed just how packed full of stuff it was (and explained why it was so heavy)! It added a load of (lowish grade unfortunately) PCB's to the box for when I go near the recyclers next and I also got some nice ally sheet, some insulator material sheet and a small box of screws. ;-)

Cheers, T i m

[1] Our old conventionally vented tumble dryer went wrong (again, but it's very old) a good few months and we just haven't got round to pulling it out and fixing it. All the small stuff can be dried indoors in a room with a de-humidifier and daughter has been doing our bed linen.

The other day I rigged up some dryer rails in the de-humidifier room that will easily take the bed linen so we really don't need the TD now.

I'm torn if to just use the fact that the TD is 'broken' to strip and recycle it and use the space for a small freezer so I can buy a bit more bulk and cook and freeze more stuff?

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Max Demian 5 years ago

You might rarely/never drive past there. When you did, you probably wouldn't remember the item(s) unless you are organised enough to compile a list, and no-one has moved them from where they are in your house.

(I'm thinking of the "small electricals" bins that have a hopper big enough for a VCR, but are not in every supermarket car park.)

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