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There is a company called Gen4 Energy (formerly Hyperion Power Generation) that has been pursuing the "nuclear battery" concept for 7 or so years: http://www.ge
by rjdagost 12y ago
There is a company called Gen4 Energy (formerly Hyperion Power Generation) that has been pursuing the "nuclear battery" concept for 7 or so years: http://www.gen4energy.com http://www.gen4energy.com
Regulatory approval has been elusive, and that's for a team of 30+ year nuclear industry veterans. The challenges in this industry are brutal, I hope UPower has deep enough pockets and extreme patience to shake up the industry.
- beefman 12y agoThey started with a good-sized design, but have scaled it up a couple times since then. They're no longer in mass-production territory.
- rjdagost 12y agoSo Gen4 Energy started with a similar sized "nuclear battery" concept. After burning through many millions of dollars of investment and years of hard work from a highly skilled team, they decide that prospects are better for larger scale reactors. That ought to give these guys food for thought. I hope these guys know something the Gen4 team doesn't, but the basic trajectory UPower on has been followed before without paying dividends.