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>bananas leak more radiation than functioning nuclear power plants. Keyword there is "functioning". I believe GP's point is that the public can't be trusted to

• zdragnar 5y ago
  Yes, the processes would be different. A misfunctioning gas furnace will kill everyone from CO poisoning, and wood fireplaces are even more dangerous. Surely an in-home reactor would require safeties of an appropriate degree. Perhaps those would make in-home nuclear infeasible, I wouldn't know. With a bit of careful planning, any given house could easily take out half a city block or more given someone with intent to cause harm, though, and without knowing the actual amount of radioactive material in any given in-hime reactor, I couldn't begin to compare. Edit: this is why I am a whimsical commenter on the internet and not the person in charge of whether or not we give redneck engineers nuclear reactors.
  • 542354234235 5y ago
    I think household reactors are beyond the cutoff point for diminishing returns and/or risk vs reward. I feel like neighborhood level reactors disguised as small houses, like some electrical sub stations [1] would be the sweet spot. You could cut down a lot on all the infrastructure needed to push all that power from centrally located power plants out to neighborhoods, while still maintaining a separate, inspectable, controlled station. [1] https://99percentinvisible.org/article/neighborhood-transformers-inside-torontos-stealthy-house-shaped-substations/ https://99percentinvisible.org/article/neighborhood-transfor...