I thought it was an interesting article.

http://www.physorg.com/news145561984.html

 

Interesting thanks Bill.

We are due for a new full size nuclear plant in Somerset soon.

 

The state of the art is obviously beyond a late 1950's boiling water reactor. It sounds quite interesting. Going to all electric heat would eliminate roughly a zillion tons of CO2/year.

As a cynic, I have to imagine how many demonstrations per community these reactors might represent.

 

Anybody got any real information on this design? That article is purely an ad campaign up until the 'Update' segment..
The net seems to be pretty intensely cluttered with promo material, not much unbiased info shows up in searches I've tried so far..
I don't particularily like Hyperions own numbers either.. For instance (and I hate to burst their bubble) but 25MW isn't enough to power 20000 homes..
And I'm a bit confused about the UH3 moderator.. Even if it decomposes at 800°C, couldn't the H2 still act as a moderator, and shouldn't fast neutrons still be atleast a bit of a concern?

BTW, I'm not against nuclear power, I'm just skeptical of certain implementations..