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[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago

still waiting for those molten fuel MHD reactors

[–] [email protected] 15 points 20 hours ago (8 children)

~~Nuclear~~ power is just boiling water

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago

"what if fire... But... MOAR"

[–] [email protected] 94 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Reminds me of the meme using the Donnie Darko psychologist template.

Donnie: I made a new form of power generation.

Psychologist: New or steam?

Donnie: Steam...

[–] [email protected] 17 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

Steam implies water! What if we used some OTHER phase-change working fluid? :D

||(No idea what, though. my question is implied with a playful tone and is at least 50% facetious; any actual discussion that might result would be little more than a pleasant coincidence)||

[–] [email protected] 5 points 19 hours ago

Like Dr. Pepper?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

You want to see weird water look up super critical boilers. That stuff was nasty. A regular steam leak will set things on fire. That stuff would explode a broom. We looked for the leaks with straw brooms. You can't see steam in normal conditions. Only its effects.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

Blech, I've heard stories in my industrial automation days of people being clipped by invisible high pressure steam leaks. No frickin thank you, regular stovetop steam jacks me up frequently enough.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 21 hours ago

Molten salt?

We can then use compressed CO2 in the place of steam to drive the turbine.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

And then there are thermonuclear generators

[–] [email protected] 6 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

plus a side of extra spicy landfill

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanford_Site

[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago

That's from building nuclear weapons though, not power

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago

Or melting salt, or whatever. But yes it's just making stuff hot.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 23 hours ago

nerd actually space based nuclear uses thermoelectric

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