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Straight from the Future! Diamond BATTERIES made of NUCLEAR WASTE can provide electric power for THOUSANDS of years.
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[quote:Layers of Reality:MV8zODAyODQ2XzY4MjYyNDgzXzRDNTYyQzM3] [quote:darth 70183558:MV8zODAyODQ2XzY4MjYyNDAxXzZBODFDNzEz] 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. [/quote] wow. I just need ONE of those barrels! Very very interesting. Your comment made me realize I have a lot of studying to do. [/quote]
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Remember those black balls in Futurama that powered the green spacecraft they always used?
It seems scientists have actually found a way to make that a reality, but with clear, lab made diamonds that are made with upcycled radioactive waste!
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Applications include powering space craft with this 'clean' energy source, medical devices and even satellites.
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