http://nextbigfuture.disqus.com/enThu, 22 Mar 2012 17:59:39 -0000http://nextbigfuture.com/2008/09/ceo-of-hyperion-power-generation.html#comment-473997952<p>great idea... I tried to campaign locally for us... the group BANNG is opposed to a new nuclear power station, and after chatting with several people (even though it is being sold as a non weapons grade generator), one of them posited that it could still be used for a dirty bomb! Is it possible a country would be stupid enough to allow a potential dirty bomb threat? I still can't contact an important person to raise a concern... It's like the cold war communists hold all the email/mail office administrative positions in government!! Scary times!</p>steveienThu, 22 Mar 2012 17:59:39 -0000http://nextbigfuture.com/2008/09/ceo-of-hyperion-power-generation.html#comment-2744952<p>I think the $25M cost is just for the reactor heat source. Not all of the reactors will be used for electric power generation; some will be used for direct industrial heating. Electric generators will have to include the cost of the boiler, heat exchangers, steam turbine, electric genset, and waste heat cooling ponds.</p>rblTue, 30 Sep 2008 00:26:15 -0000http://nextbigfuture.com/2008/09/ceo-of-hyperion-power-generation.html#comment-2738525<p>Just speculating here, but one possibility is that Mr. Deal is including the expense of ultimate unit replacement in his kwh pricing model. Given the relatively short field lifecycle of any given unit, that has to be a consideration for any distributed network utility provider, for only one example. </p>Will_BrownMon, 29 Sep 2008 15:24:44 -0000http://nextbigfuture.com/2008/09/ceo-of-hyperion-power-generation.html#comment-2667748<p>Hi Brian</p><p>Interesting development. Will change the face of nuclear power... hopefully. Maybe someone will talk sense to those idiot environmentalists who still oppose nuke-power. Perhaps after 4,000 reactors run for 10-20 years with no problems and minimal waste.</p>qraalSun, 28 Sep 2008 03:48:45 -0000