By 2030? Remember much of a stink happens every time 0.5 - 1 Kg of plutonium gets sent into orbit for a deep space probe?
Reactors require quite a bit more radioactive heavy metal than that. The rest of a reactor isn't low mass either, even if you don't have a containment vessel. It's complicated to put together. Who's going to assemble it? Robots? Humans?
This is extra dumb reporting by NPR, taking Sean Duffy at his word. I reckon we can see what NPR's biases are, though. At least the article approaches reality by talking about waste heat disposal problems.
Not a chance this happens by 2030, not by the US, China or Russia.
bediger4000•6mo ago
Reactors require quite a bit more radioactive heavy metal than that. The rest of a reactor isn't low mass either, even if you don't have a containment vessel. It's complicated to put together. Who's going to assemble it? Robots? Humans?
This is extra dumb reporting by NPR, taking Sean Duffy at his word. I reckon we can see what NPR's biases are, though. At least the article approaches reality by talking about waste heat disposal problems.
Not a chance this happens by 2030, not by the US, China or Russia.