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    America Just Made a Huge Investment in Next-Gen Nuclear Power

    America Just Made a Huge Investment in Next-Gen Nuclear Power

    These new reactors will be smaller, safer, standardized, and will do more than produce electricity. They will make desalinization economically viable. They will also help move supply chains back to the US.

    • A new Department of Energy (DoE) program promises $160 million for two advanced nuclear reactor designs and $70 million for further development.
    • The expected first recipient is NuScale, the Oregon startup that partners with university researchers on its small reactor.
    • Advanced reactors are from generation III and IV, seeking more uniform and modular nuclear plants.
    Nuclear energy is pushed by the government primarily for its ability to reduce carbon emissions, but the NEI stresses that advanced reactors are more flexible than just that. The NEI explains:

    “Once built, the advanced reactors being designed today will vary in size from our current reactors and may be used for additional purposes such as desalination, producing steam for industrial uses, and hydrogen generation for industrial and transportation needs.”

    Organizations can apply to three “pathways” for funding through this program. “Rapidly demonstrating advanced reactor designs [are] necessary to provide clean energy and expand market opportunities before access to key infrastructure and supply chain capabilities in the United States is lost,” the DoE explains.
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    Desalination, removing salt and minerals from water is easily accomplished by distillation. All that is needed is a heat source. You can distill your own piss for drinking water over a campfire. So why the enormous cost associated with something that simple.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lummy View Post
    Desalination, removing salt and minerals from water is easily accomplished by distillation. All that is needed is a heat source. You can distill your own piss for drinking water over a campfire. So why the enormous cost associated with something that simple.
    Don't know.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lummy View Post
    Desalination, removing salt and minerals from water is easily accomplished by distillation. All that is needed is a heat source. You can distill your own piss for drinking water over a campfire. So why the enormous cost associated with something that simple.
    Desalination of sea water requires a lot of energy to accomplish. These new designs in nuclear power are going to be more efficient. That is what I take from the article.

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