Toshiba offer their raw miniature atomic nuclear reactor to the small Alaskan village of Galena back in 2003 , and after much deliberation it looks like the project is in the end displace forwards . The metropolis council has voted unanimously to allow expression of the nuclear reactor , which Toshiba calls the 4S ( “ Super - Safe , pocket-sized , and Simple”—see how reassuring that is ? ) , and if the Nuclear Regulatory Commission okay , it could be up and running by 2010 . The Galena reactor would be the first built in the US since the 1980 ’s , when that minuscule faux pas at Chernobyl had everyone dip and cover under their school day desks .
The 4S nuclear reactor will be the small nuclear reactor ever progress , measure out about the size of a large spruce tree diagram . The nuclear reactor core itself will be underground and incase in a concrete housing , making it “ as safe from immune to onset or larceny as a missle in its silo , ” consort to Toshiba rep . dainty analogy , guys . The hamlet of 700 will only have to pay for the reactor ’s operating costs , make the 4S not only a fresh but garish alternate power source that even some environment groups can ( cautiously ) get behind .
Alaskan Village Moves From Diesel to ‘ Micro - Nuke[TechnologyTrends ]
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