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Rolls Royce Nuclear Reactors Are Going To Revolutionize The Electric Power Generating Industry Worldwide


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2022 Nov 30, 6:03am   357 views  4 comments

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#rollsroycenuclearreactors Most of us have heard of the British company Rolls Royce. In most of our minds, this company is the manufacturer of some of the most expensive luxury cars on earth. Those of us who fly on jets many times a year know that Rolls Royce is the manufacturer of some of the finest jet engines on the earth. They have been building these fine jet engines for over 75 years. In an irony of history, Britain gave the Soviet Union a gift of 8 Rolls Royce jet engines. These engines went on to power the Mig-15 jet fighter. 

Only people enthusiastically involved in the space industry know that Rolls Royce is a builder of some of the best nuclear reactors used to power spacecraft on deep space missions. Building a nuclear reactor for a spacecraft is a huge challenge. The reactor has to take the stresses of a spacecraft launch and high-velocity trips through space. These reactors have to be able to stand wild extremes of temperature as they would never experience on earth (-400 degrees Fahrenheit to 250 degrees Fahrenheit.) These reactors have to be able to endure all sorts of radiation bombardments a ground-based nuclear reactor would never have to endure. 

There is another giant challenge that these nuclear reactors must overcome. In the event of a launch failure or other spacecraft failure, the reactor will fall to earth at high speed and hit the ground with a hard impact. It must be tough enough to stand up to the impact. A release of radioactive material from such a reactor would be a public relations disaster. Violent protests and lawsuits would follow. 

Rolls Royce is now offering these reactors to companies all over the world that generate electricity. There is going to be an evolution away from generating electric power at large power stations to much smaller power stations disbursed widely and can respond better to local power demands. Small nuclear reactors would make this possible.

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1   DD214   2022 Nov 30, 6:11am  

ohomen171 says

There is going to be an evolution away from generating electric power at large power stations to much smaller power stations disbursed widely and can respond better to local power demands.


There will simultaneously be an evolution away from affordable monthly electric bills by conglomerates who have the state PUCs in their back pockets and thus will pass any and and all costs associated with this marvelous development on to the consumers.
2   DD214   2022 Nov 30, 6:14am  

And in other news

Rolls-Royce tests hydrogen-fueled aircraft engine in aviation world first

British engineer Rolls-Royce has successfully used hydrogen instead of conventional jet fuel to power a modern aircraft engine in a world first for the aviation industry, according to the company.

The ground test, which took place at a government test facility at Boscombe Down, used green hydrogen generated by wind and tidal power from the Orkney Islands in Scotland.

Rolls-Royce used a converted AE 2100-A turboprop engine that powers civil and military aircraft to conduct the test in partnership with easyJet.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2022/11/rolls-royce-tests-hydrogen-fueled-aircraft-engine-in-aviation-world-first/

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/rolls-royce-easyjet-hydrogen-powered-aircraft-engine
4   richwicks   2022 Nov 30, 9:00am  

ohomen171 says

Rolls Royce is now offering these reactors to companies all over the world that generate electricity. There is going to be an evolution away from generating electric power at large power stations to much smaller power stations


No... These types of electric generators are horribly inefficient. Basically they are a lump of radioactive material and the photons given off generate electricity.

You can't "turn them off". The radioactive material decays no matter what.

I hate the fucking "news". Stupid journalist doesn't know the first thing about this method of electricity generation. Complete incompetent.

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