Just came across this gem:
Miniature nuclear reactors are ready for commercial application. Toshiba has developed a prototype reactor specifically for heavy oil extraction. This 5 MW electricity generator simultaneously serves as the furnace for a 900 Celsius steam injection boiler. The reactor promises to replace the elaborate and expensive natural gas infrastructure presently required by oil-field steam injection facilities. Toshiba’s prototype needs refueling every 30 years.
You can read the rest @
https://www.globalresearch.ca/valuing-venezuelas-orinoco-oil-belt/5667266
That's about as nutty as giving the military miniature reactors for power generation at remote sites:
https://sainthoward.blogspot.com/2019/01/dont-give-army-nuclear-reactors.html
I guess we haven't learned our lesson about nuclear power yet.
If we can't guarantee the safety and security of nuclear reactors (and we really can't), then we shouldn't be looking for ways to make them ubiquitous.
And if we cannot come up with a way to intelligently and effectively deal with nuclear waste, then we shouldn't be building reactors at all.
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