Nuclear Energy
Why is no one talking about pebble bed reactors? With the increased focus on Iran’s nuclear program and talk about energy independence, I haven’t heard anyone discuss this type of reactor. A pebble bed reactor has a bunch of advantages to the current reactors running today. The design of a pebble reactor will not allow for the development of a nuclear weapon. A pebble reactor is many times safer than a traditional nuclear reactor. The design is such that if the operator were to walk away or the cord unplugged the reactor would not overheat but simply spool down to a safe level. The reactor would remain in this state until someone wanted to start it up again. Another advantage to pebble reactors is the modularity. One reactor can be very small, to power a few houses, or they could be daisy-chained together until there was a power output was enough to power a city. Let me recap: clean energy, safe, modular, no nuclear weapons. Why is no one talking about this? Could it be that all the profit of the oil companies is going to prevent people from discussing this. Just some food for thought.