small nuclear reactor Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2014 09:28:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Plug-and-play Nuclear Thermal Battery to Power Remote Areas https://www.greenoptimistic.com/plug-play-nuclear-thermal-battery-power-remote-areas-20140819/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/plug-play-nuclear-thermal-battery-power-remote-areas-20140819/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2014 09:28:29 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=48927 Boston based start-up has developed a small scale nuclear reactor, or a nuclear thermal battery as they call it, which has the potential to produce enough electricity to power 2,000 homes. It can function on multiple fuel sources, and its waste can be reused. Nuclear power plants did not live up to everyone’s expectations and deliver […]

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