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title: "Timeline photos "The Rapid-L reactor was conceived as a powerhouse…"
date: 2023-09-12
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships added a new photo.
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# Timeline photos "The Rapid-L reactor was conceived as a powerhouse…

*September 12, 2023 · Facebook*

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\"The Rapid-L reactor was conceived as a powerhouse for colonies on the Moon. But at six metres high and only two metres wide this 200-kilowatt reactor could relatively easily fit into the basement of an office building or apartment block, where it would have to be housed in a solid containment building.\
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"In the future it will be quite difficult to construct further large nuclear power plants because of site restrictions," says Mitsuru Kambe, head of the research team at Japan's Central Research Institute of Electrical Power Industry (CRIEPI).\
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"To relieve peak loads in the near future, I believe small, modular reactors located in urban areas such as Tokyo Bay will be effective," he says. Kambe's research is being financed by the Japan's Atomic Energy Research Institute.\"\
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[https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1186-mini-nuclear-reactor-could-power-apartment-blocks/](https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1186-mini-nuclear-reactor-could-power-apartment-blocks/){target="_blank"}
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