The nuclear option...

How goes this for thinking outside the box?

Start by pumping air into the now dis-used coal mines scattered around the UK. When you want power, open a valve to let the air through. Doesn't generate much energy you say? What happens if you heat it before it passes through the turbines? Those American's do have a use it would seem (anyone who doesn't belive it's possible, click here).

[Sid Squid]

Interesting idea, but only storage, not production.

[northwind]

Originally Posted by Flamin_Squirrel

I dont think it's quite that simple. There are different types of fission reactor, and the only reason Chernobyl went bang was because it was an inherantly flawed design.

Apparently, the only reason Chernobyl didn't suffer a complete meltdown was the design of the reactor- the reactor itself was flawed, but the failure setup was supposedly far superior to the UK designs of the time. So far more likely to fail, but when it did fail less likely to be truly disasterous. I can't really remember the details, something to do with teh design of the reactor vessel. The implication was that if the same basic situation had been allowed to occur in a UK reactor- incredibly unlikely- the consequences would have been massively worse.

Originally Posted by northwind

Apparently, the only reason Chernobyl didn't suffer a complete meltdown was the design of the reactor- the reactor itself was flawed, but the failure setup was supposedly far superior to the UK designs of the time. So far more likely to fail, but when it did fail less likely to be truly disasterous. I can't really remember the details, something to do with teh design of the reactor vessel. The implication was that if the same basic situation had been allowed to occur in a UK reactor- incredibly unlikely- the consequences would have been massively worse.

Yes, I remeber hearing something along the lines of an explosion that would take out 1/2 of europe. Which is nice.

Dan

after reading posts and posts like this i always feel a bit thick. (yes i know i am)

i dont have any strong opinions on anything like the above, dont think about it, dont dwell on it, dont really care.

i really must take more of an interest in things that are not connected to my everyday little life ie kids, work and food.

you lot always get my grey matter buzzing, not exactly working but ive got a head ache now

keep it up

I misread the poll and ticked the wrong thing. Thought it was about the stockpile of nuclear weapons we have.

On the subject of nuclear weapons I think we should get rid of them. We're not gonna use them so there's no point in having them.

On nuclear power I'm not really against it. If there's an alternative then fair enough but I don't see any reason not to use them. Should launch the nuclear waste into space though, or find some way to make it clean.

Originally Posted by MattTheLoony

Should launch the nuclear waste into space though, or find some way to make it clean.

Surely if we did that it'd only anger those little grey men that seem to evade fighter jets effortlessly. Or maybe they use that for fuel, so they'd thank us for replenishing their deminishing stocks of waste uranium....

[Viney]

Outside the box...ok then, breed Giant hamsters. Plug the London eye into the mains, and let the hamster run round. Job solved, you get a tourist attraction, and a way of making leccy

Originally Posted by Viney

Outside the box...ok then, breed Giant hamsters, give them plug the London eye into the mains, and let the hamster run round. Job solved, you get a tourist attraction, and a way of making leccy

We've even got the nuclear waste to encorage the growth of said mutant hamsters too

[Spiderman]

Originally Posted by nutty tart

after reading posts and posts like this i always feel a bit thick. (yes i know i am)

i dont have any strong opinions on anything like the above, dont think about it, dont dwell on it, dont really care.

i really must take more of an interest in things that are not connected to my everyday little life ie kids, work and food.

you lot always get my grey matter buzzing, not exactly working but ive got a head ache now

keep it up

If you look at it from another angle, your kids and your food are greatly affected by these issues. Its the earth we are leaving for future genrations that is gonna be ruined if GM crops are not contolled properly and radiactive waste isnt disposed of properly.

Youre just like mrs spidey tho, if it dont come into her everyday life she dont consider it..... till i bring it up and she opens her sweet eyes a bit more