Tukma@lemmy.cafe to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoRussia and China plan to install a nuclear power plant on the Moonintlmonitor.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1113arrow-down13cross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.world
arrow-up1110arrow-down1external-linkRussia and China plan to install a nuclear power plant on the Moonintlmonitor.comTukma@lemmy.cafe to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square41fedilinkcross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.world
minus-squareDancingBear@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·9 months agoHow would you cool a nuclear power plant on the moon, no water?
minus-squareafraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·9 months agoMaybe only turn it on at night when the surface gets cold and conduct it into the ground or land it in a permanent shadow? The article said they planned to do it fully automated so I am guessing digging of any form is out.
minus-squareShadow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·9 months agoYou don’t just turn a nuclear power plant off.
minus-squarebradorsomething@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months agoI believe they mean inserting control rods to dampen the reactions to subcritical.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoIf sun is an issue, it might be simpler to set up a “beach umbrella”
minus-squareCocodapuf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoYou cool it with liquid thermal transfer and radiators. Here’s what a kilopower plant looks like, the big disk is a radiator.
How would you cool a nuclear power plant on the moon, no water?
Maybe only turn it on at night when the surface gets cold and conduct it into the ground or land it in a permanent shadow? The article said they planned to do it fully automated so I am guessing digging of any form is out.
You don’t just turn a nuclear power plant off.
I believe they mean inserting control rods to dampen the reactions to subcritical.
If sun is an issue, it might be simpler to set up a “beach umbrella”
You cool it with liquid thermal transfer and radiators. Here’s what a kilopower plant looks like, the big disk is a radiator.