11.11.2008 16:36 Uhr, Quelle: Engadget

Mini nuclear plant is safe, affordable and purifies water (but doesn't turn lead into gold)

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets This isn't the first time we've seen a micro nuclear reactor, and with the looming ebergy crisis it probably won't be the last. Designed by scientists at Los Alamos, the Hyperion Power Module will retail for $25 million, has no moving parts, is about the size of a hot tub (less than 5 feet wide) and should generate enough electricity for about 10,000 homes, running up to ten years before it needs refueled. And if all that isn't enough, the company claims that the module is meltdown proof (the small amount of enclosed fuel would immediately cool if ever exposed to open air), th

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