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The do have smaller ones that power the Navy's ships and Subs, so I guess they could put one in every small town in America. They wouldn't have to dig such a big hole then! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> The problem then is how do you dispose of the waste, because nobody wants to be the truck driver, all the way to New Mexico! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />


Nuclear is clearly the way to go these days. In fact, lets all pool our money and we could buy a big ship with a decent sized nuclear reactor and we can go around to all the places that have power outages and hook into the grid and sell the electricity! I would rather have a nuc reactor in my back yard than a coal fired plant. The newer designs have passive safety mechanisms that rely on nothing more complicated than gravity when the [censored] hits the fan.


Not as far fetched as it may seem. Years ago when a storm took out the power on the south end of Kauai, the Navy came to the rescue. Plugged a ship into the grid, and provided power. Not sure if it was a Nuke.