This is clearly the future. Without the phony press, big oil and environmentalist lawfare, America is set to power the country. No oil, no coal and no natural gas.
AI is coming to the forefront, the TVA is just getting AHEAD of the debacle that will soon arise...OUT OF AI!!!!!!!... Step back for a minute or two...
These datacenters will be scouring the internet for all sorts of stuff, and what every ONE puts into the search criteria will be recorded...
What EVER HAPPENED TO THE IDEA of being "ANONYMOUS"
Under the terms of the deal, ENTRA1 Energy will finance, build, and own the plants, with TVA purchasing the generated power directly. ๐ค
Yeah, that's disturbing. I'd rather see the TVA buy and own the plants and negotiate a small fee for support from the company. As a utility, it doesn't make sense to allow a private company to directly bill customers through the utility.
Displacing very many heritage farms, building on aquifers and generally raping the land. But as its clean and reliable there is no need to worry or protest is there?
4.5 million homes or 20 lithium battery plants and how many semiconductor forges?
Weird timing. This news is to distract from John Rich making it as publicly known as he can what the TVA is doing in Cheatham county TN. He was making good traction getting on podcasts and sharing the story.
A NuScale reactor is a type of small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) designed to generate electricity and process heat using pressurized water-cooled reactor technology. Each NuScale Power Module (NPM) generates about 77 megawatts of electricity and is much smaller than traditional nuclear reactors, taking up only 1% of the space. The design emphasizes safety and efficiency by relying on natural circulation to cool the reactor without the need for pumps, allowing it to shut down and cool safely during emergencies without external power. NuScale reactors are factory-built and modular, enabling scalable power plants with multiple modules installed underground for seismic protection. The design has been approved by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and is intended to provide cleaner, safer, and cost-competitive nuclear power with a smaller geographic footprint. It can also be used for district heating, desalination, and hydrogen production [1][2][3][4].
The main differences between NuScale small modular reactors (SMRs) and conventional nuclear reactors lie in size, safety features, flexibility, construction, and operational characteristics.
Size and Power Output:
NuScale SMRs produce about 77 megawatts per module, with the ability to combine multiple modules for larger power outputs (e.g., up to 924 MWe with 12 modules). Conventional reactors are much larger, commonly producing around 1,000 MWe or more per unit [1][2].
Safety and Cooling:
NuScale reactors use passive safety features with natural convection to circulate coolant, eliminating the need for pumps and emergency electricity, allowing them to safely shut down and cool without operator intervention or power. Conventional reactors rely more heavily on active safety systems and external power for cooling [1][2].
NuScale modules sit in a large water pool for passive cooling and enhanced safety, though this increases concrete requirements [1].
Flexibility and Grid Independence:
NuScale SMRs can operate independently of the electricity grid and can restart themselves after grid outages, enabling them to run microgrids and support critical loads for extended periods. Conventional reactors usually must shut down if the grid goes down and depend on the grid to restart [3].
NuScale modules can adjust their power output to complement renewables, while conventional large reactors mainly provide baseload power with limited operational flexibility [2][3].
Construction and Deployment:
NuScale SMRs are factory-fabricated modules that can reduce construction time and cost, assembled onsite for scalable deployment. Conventional reactors require large, complex onsite construction with longer timelines [2][1].
Fuel and Design:
Both use similar low-enriched uranium fuel, but NuScale SMR technology is considered relatively conventional in fuel and coolant choice compared to some other advanced reactors using exotic coolants [1].
In summary, NuScale reactors are smaller, modular, factory-built, and have passive safety systems with grid-independent operation options, aiming for flexibility and safety improvements. Conventional reactors are larger, more complex onsite-built, rely on active safety systems, and primarily produce large baseload power [1][3][2].
Looks like while itโs been around since 2000 as an R&D company, all sort of operational capacity is 2022/23 to now, which still makes the tone funny to anyone not following cutting-edge nuclear power plant design news!
Nothing against the info, which is good stuff, just thought the wording was funny.
I bet things get real nutty when these things start going online. Didnโt expect O&G to get undercut during this whole rollout.
Yes. The tech needed to run ai gadgets needs power.
Nvdia just realized small modular AI chips you can pop into a device. Everything is gonna have an AI chip in it, even some post vaxxed augmented humans thatโs why Elon says youโre gonna need a chip to integrate fully with the new society.
Wearables are just a psyop the next step is the rain chip so you wonโt need wearables. Or to even type ai a question.
Kinda what Iโm getting at. Us civvies who arenโt in cutting edge energy tech research are going to be way behind the 8 ball on awareness of stuff like this.
Iโm having trouble even figuring out whatโs going on, whatโs being released, and where things might be headed, and Iโm a reasonably not-stupid person who watches everything I can quite intently.
Apologies? Iโm just describing the state of affairs, bud! Warnโt no offensies. Itโs just beyond impossible to keep up with everything! Pew pew pew 250 new techs today! If you ainโt ahead, you behind!
NuScale is pretty darn cool tech. But I'd still greatly prefer that this Administration be the one to finally lay the groundwork for Thorium reactors. Much more plentiful fuel, dramatically safer to run, and the waste products are far less radioactive with a much shorter half-life than traditional U-235 reactors.
I've been on the Thorium reactor bandwagon for close to two decades but being just a regular guy, I have a very small platform. I've taken to social media and word of mouth to educate people and try to spread the word on how game-changing it would be if we had Thorium reactors for all the reasons you articulate.
It's been a bittersweet moment for me that other countries are now finally making plans to build them instead of the U.S. leading in this regard.
At least from what the Chinese claim, their POC thorium reactor in the Gobi desert is going well. India, Denmark and a number of other countries seem to be making serious plans to get a POC plant up and running within the next 5 years. Once the kinks are worked out, I can see production plants up and running within 10 years after that, maybe sooner.
And the saddest part is one you called out: The U.S. had a prototype up and running 55 years ago :(
But, overall I'm encouraged that real progress is being made across the world to get them up and running. I can only hope that more folks start to realize what a game changer it would be for the world if we made a concerted shift to plentiful, thorium-powered energy.
Tennessee Valley Authority I would think. During the Great Depression, the US government put it together as a means to get people doing something constructive (albeit for the "green paper" they had printing presses making-that pesky "slave labor" concept once again after they crashed the stock market in 1929). They did a number of hydro-electric dam projects, and like many other governmental organizations "just kept going" even after their main task at the time was completed.
https://www.tva.com/
"TVA is the largest public energy provider in the U.S. TVA also manages the Tennessee River and partners with communities for economic development."
I just noticed that it's the same acronym as the Time Variance Authority from the Avengers TV spin-off, "Loki" referring to the secret group that guards the "sacred timeline." Have felt for a long time the Marvel movies had white hat predictive programming in them so my ears perked up when I read it.
Yeah, you can definitely use the movie and TV series themes (especially sci-fi) to read between the lines and use it against the cabal. Like the Goa'uld in Stargate SG-1 are essentially Toxoplasma Gondi, just on a different scale and many instead of one big worm.
Good info. But why aren't we pursuing Wardenclyffe Towers, aether power extraction and motors that rotate off the earths magnetic field to power other devices? True "free power"?
This is an older video by the father of the Nuclear age Galen Windsor. Its a longer video but IMO worth the view and puts things in perspective regarding Nuclear power. Enjoy............
This will be interesting. I wonder if TVA will need to renew or replace their transmission network to handle the increase in power. That would be an opportunity to harden it against EMP.
The other question is: Where will they get the enriched uranium to fuel the reactors? We used to purchase it from Russia, but that may be out of the question for the time being. Before that, we used to produce it ourselves. Bring that out of mothballs? Finally, there is the option of reprocessing used fuel to obtain a fuel mix of U-238 and plutonium isotopes (mixed oxide fuel). Would NuScale be willing to offer power units fueled with that?
I saw that. It would be good. But it's not enough. You also need an enrichment process and, so far as I know, the U.S. government has the capability (Oak Ridge). A similar thing is needed for fuel reprocessing.
60 new data centers. Hmmm
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This is clearly the future. Without the phony press, big oil and environmentalist lawfare, America is set to power the country. No oil, no coal and no natural gas.
Oil is still essential even if not used for fuel
Well, what you're missing is we use every part of the oil we refine. Sone can only be fuel
AI is coming to the forefront, the TVA is just getting AHEAD of the debacle that will soon arise...OUT OF AI!!!!!!!... Step back for a minute or two...
These datacenters will be scouring the internet for all sorts of stuff, and what every ONE puts into the search criteria will be recorded...
What EVER HAPPENED TO THE IDEA of being "ANONYMOUS"
Tetartos_Ippeas... Thank you!!!!!!!
Yeah, that's disturbing. I'd rather see the TVA buy and own the plants and negotiate a small fee for support from the company. As a utility, it doesn't make sense to allow a private company to directly bill customers through the utility.
One of the responsibilities of a utility is to manage all of the compliance issues under 1 umbrella. Farming that out seems risky.
Sounds like that company was being overcharged for service.
Colour me cynical.
Displacing very many heritage farms, building on aquifers and generally raping the land. But as its clean and reliable there is no need to worry or protest is there?
4.5 million homes or 20 lithium battery plants and how many semiconductor forges?
Weird timing. This news is to distract from John Rich making it as publicly known as he can what the TVA is doing in Cheatham county TN. He was making good traction getting on podcasts and sharing the story.
Here is the video of Mr Rich, the TVA don't seem to be altruistic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMsNPK20uaM
AI is chuckling as it's human servants generate even more power to run our AI overlords.
Donโt want to be the party pooper, but Question, Sides effects and health issues?
None. The waste product is contained and buried.
These systems also use passive cooling, so even in complete power outage theres no chance of meltdown
Buried? Where?
Liquid Cooled or are we talking large heatsinks? Those usually still need some kind of circulatory system to keep them from getting too hot.
Store where? In the middle of the ocean?
Most probably. There is a way of remediating nuclear waste but its has been blocked. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMsNPK20uaM
They are stealing our lands everywhere including Florida.
It does make sense to have distributed power plants.
I like how they talk about these โNuscaleโ reactors like itโs just something weโve always had that everybody knows about.
A NuScale reactor is a type of small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) designed to generate electricity and process heat using pressurized water-cooled reactor technology. Each NuScale Power Module (NPM) generates about 77 megawatts of electricity and is much smaller than traditional nuclear reactors, taking up only 1% of the space. The design emphasizes safety and efficiency by relying on natural circulation to cool the reactor without the need for pumps, allowing it to shut down and cool safely during emergencies without external power. NuScale reactors are factory-built and modular, enabling scalable power plants with multiple modules installed underground for seismic protection. The design has been approved by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and is intended to provide cleaner, safer, and cost-competitive nuclear power with a smaller geographic footprint. It can also be used for district heating, desalination, and hydrogen production [1][2][3][4].
Sources [1] Normal System Operation - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU-IlqiP4sU [2] The NuScale Power Module https://www.nuscalepower.com/products/nuscale-power-module [3] NuScale Power - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NuScale_Power [4] What is an SMR? - NuScale Power https://www.nuscalepower.com/exploring-smrs/smr-101/what-is-an-smr [5] NuScale Power | Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Nuclear Technology https://www.nuscalepower.com [6] The collapse of NuScale's project should spell the end for small ... https://www.utilitydive.com/news/nuscale-uamps-project-small-modular-reactor-ramanasmr-/705717/ [7] NRC Approves NuScale Power's Uprated Small Modular Reactor ... https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/nrc-approves-nuscale-powers-uprated-small-modular-reactor-design [8] NuScale Power, the canary in the small modular reactor market ... https://www.reddit.com/r/energy/comments/123nln2/nuscale_power_the_canary_in_the_small_modular/
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The main differences between NuScale small modular reactors (SMRs) and conventional nuclear reactors lie in size, safety features, flexibility, construction, and operational characteristics.
Size and Power Output:
Safety and Cooling:
Flexibility and Grid Independence:
Construction and Deployment:
Fuel and Design:
In summary, NuScale reactors are smaller, modular, factory-built, and have passive safety systems with grid-independent operation options, aiming for flexibility and safety improvements. Conventional reactors are larger, more complex onsite-built, rely on active safety systems, and primarily produce large baseload power [1][3][2].
Sources [1] Deal to build pint-size nuclear reactors canceled | Science | AAAS https://www.science.org/content/article/deal-build-pint-size-nuclear-reactors-canceled [2] Traditional Nuclear Reactors vs. NuScale SMR https://interactive.nuscalepower.com/traditional-nuclear-reactors-vs-nuscale-smr/p/1 [3] The NuScale SMR: Now Nuclear Goes 'Off the Grid' https://www.nei.org/news/2018/nuscale-smr-now-nuclear-goes-off-grid
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Looks like while itโs been around since 2000 as an R&D company, all sort of operational capacity is 2022/23 to now, which still makes the tone funny to anyone not following cutting-edge nuclear power plant design news!
Nothing against the info, which is good stuff, just thought the wording was funny.
I bet things get real nutty when these things start going online. Didnโt expect O&G to get undercut during this whole rollout.
Is this stuff gonna be public, private, pub-priv partnership, or something else?
Would it be good to try and get in with this stuff economically?
Meaning there can be hundreds or thousands of them and theyโll be needed for these ai data centers.
Yes. The tech needed to run ai gadgets needs power.
Nvdia just realized small modular AI chips you can pop into a device. Everything is gonna have an AI chip in it, even some post vaxxed augmented humans thatโs why Elon says youโre gonna need a chip to integrate fully with the new society.
Wearables are just a psyop the next step is the rain chip so you wonโt need wearables. Or to even type ai a question.
Kinda what Iโm getting at. Us civvies who arenโt in cutting edge energy tech research are going to be way behind the 8 ball on awareness of stuff like this.
Iโm having trouble even figuring out whatโs going on, whatโs being released, and where things might be headed, and Iโm a reasonably not-stupid person who watches everything I can quite intently.
Apologies? Iโm just describing the state of affairs, bud! Warnโt no offensies. Itโs just beyond impossible to keep up with everything! Pew pew pew 250 new techs today! If you ainโt ahead, you behind!
NuScale is pretty darn cool tech. But I'd still greatly prefer that this Administration be the one to finally lay the groundwork for Thorium reactors. Much more plentiful fuel, dramatically safer to run, and the waste products are far less radioactive with a much shorter half-life than traditional U-235 reactors.
TI, you made my day with this post!
I've been on the Thorium reactor bandwagon for close to two decades but being just a regular guy, I have a very small platform. I've taken to social media and word of mouth to educate people and try to spread the word on how game-changing it would be if we had Thorium reactors for all the reasons you articulate.
It's been a bittersweet moment for me that other countries are now finally making plans to build them instead of the U.S. leading in this regard.
At least from what the Chinese claim, their POC thorium reactor in the Gobi desert is going well. India, Denmark and a number of other countries seem to be making serious plans to get a POC plant up and running within the next 5 years. Once the kinks are worked out, I can see production plants up and running within 10 years after that, maybe sooner.
And the saddest part is one you called out: The U.S. had a prototype up and running 55 years ago :(
But, overall I'm encouraged that real progress is being made across the world to get them up and running. I can only hope that more folks start to realize what a game changer it would be for the world if we made a concerted shift to plentiful, thorium-powered energy.
Have a great Sunday, sir!
TVA?
Tennessee Valley Authority I would think. During the Great Depression, the US government put it together as a means to get people doing something constructive (albeit for the "green paper" they had printing presses making-that pesky "slave labor" concept once again after they crashed the stock market in 1929). They did a number of hydro-electric dam projects, and like many other governmental organizations "just kept going" even after their main task at the time was completed.
https://www.tva.com/ "TVA is the largest public energy provider in the U.S. TVA also manages the Tennessee River and partners with communities for economic development."
I just noticed that it's the same acronym as the Time Variance Authority from the Avengers TV spin-off, "Loki" referring to the secret group that guards the "sacred timeline." Have felt for a long time the Marvel movies had white hat predictive programming in them so my ears perked up when I read it.
Yeah, you can definitely use the movie and TV series themes (especially sci-fi) to read between the lines and use it against the cabal. Like the Goa'uld in Stargate SG-1 are essentially Toxoplasma Gondi, just on a different scale and many instead of one big worm.
Where does the fusion core go?
As long as I get to put an Ion Warp Drive reactor in my DeLorean, I donโt care what "they" do
Good info. But why aren't we pursuing Wardenclyffe Towers, aether power extraction and motors that rotate off the earths magnetic field to power other devices? True "free power"?
LETS FUKIN GO! Awesome!
This is an older video by the father of the Nuclear age Galen Windsor. Its a longer video but IMO worth the view and puts things in perspective regarding Nuclear power. Enjoy............
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROAO1saHEvs&t=11s
Watts Up Brother !
This will be interesting. I wonder if TVA will need to renew or replace their transmission network to handle the increase in power. That would be an opportunity to harden it against EMP.
The other question is: Where will they get the enriched uranium to fuel the reactors? We used to purchase it from Russia, but that may be out of the question for the time being. Before that, we used to produce it ourselves. Bring that out of mothballs? Finally, there is the option of reprocessing used fuel to obtain a fuel mix of U-238 and plutonium isotopes (mixed oxide fuel). Would NuScale be willing to offer power units fueled with that?
There was a post yesterday? detailing American uranium mining making a comeback under Trump.
I saw that. It would be good. But it's not enough. You also need an enrichment process and, so far as I know, the U.S. government has the capability (Oak Ridge). A similar thing is needed for fuel reprocessing.
Gee finally the error of faux nuclear fears is over.
Itโs better than windmills and hamster wheels.