Nuclear Cartridge Reactor to Power Cities
How a nuclear “battery” could provide clean power.
Hyperion Power Generation, a U.S. company, is developing a Jacuzzi-sized cartridge reactor that has the potential to generate 27 megawatts of power, providing electricity to 25,000 homes, for five years.
Hyperion struck a deal with Los Alamos National Laboratory, and with the help of government funds designed to turn technology in government labs into civil applications, set out to develop their “battery”. Read the rest of this entry »