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A 1to 5 MW reactor isn't going to have a lot of actual fuel... you could probably pull the actual weaponizable fuel pellets and shielding into something the siz
by bpodgursky 5y ago
A 1to 5 MW reactor isn't going to have a lot of actual fuel... you could probably pull the actual weaponizable fuel pellets and shielding into something the size of a briefcase and leave the generation infrastructure behind.
(I dunno if they are built this way, it just doesn't seem particularly impossible).
- __turbobrew__ 5y agoSo you are going to put the fissile material which operates at muti megawatts in a briefcase and carry it away? Disregarding the health and safety issues of the briefcase carrier the briefcase is sure to turn into a pile of molten radioactive sludge very quickly.
- fooker 5y agoYes, of course. Below critical mass for chain reaction, fissile material deteriorates fairly quickly into stable isotopes.
- rrss 5y agothe multi-megawatts comes from the nuclear chain reaction. presumably any package used to transport fuel would prevent criticality.
- adrianN 5y agoI believe the 1% of nominal output is a reasonable ballpark for cooling requirements after a reactor is shut down. 1% of 1MW is still 10kW. You probably don't want to transport that in a briefcase.
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- Lammy 5y ago> the briefcase is sure to turn into a pile of molten radioactive sludge Nah those have already existed for a long time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_ge...
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