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Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] In case you hadn't heard....
From: Scott Gomez <sgomez.baja@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 07:38:24 -0700
Using shipboard/submarine nuclear propulsion plants would be a step towards
the small, local power distribution and power plant design that really
seems to make more and more sense the more I look at it. And, as mentioned
by some others, there's the option of small thorium reactors.


On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 7:25 AM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > "Nuclear doesn't take kindly to load variations..."
> >
> > Those of us who served on nuclear powered ships will disagree, strongly,
> > with that statement, Ken.
>
> Totally different design. Imagine if we were able to use nuclear
> propulsion systems as the basis. Hey, it works for subs and ships and
> we don't need trillion dollar facilities to house them. Oh, wait,
> those floating facilities are about a trillion bucks each...
>
> Never mind...
>
> I think the easy thing to do is explode a few hundred nukes and kill
> off 5 or 6 billion people. That should solve our energy problems for a
> few thousand years.
>
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> Ken Norton
> ken@xxxxxxxxxxx
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