U.S. tests nuclear power system to sustain astronauts on Mars

Re:U.S. tests nuclear power system to sustain astronauts on ... by tbihl on Friday January 19, 2018 @01:25AM (#16184508)

In Japan they just call them 'thermal plants' or 'thermal generators' or something like that. Still, in Japan you have people who follow around US aircraft carriers and submarines to sample their wake for any signs of radioactive discharge.

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Re:U.S. tests nuclear power system to sustain astronauts on ... by rangibaby on Friday January 19, 2018 @02:31AM (#16184697)

I haven't heard that before.

原子力(atomic, using atoms)+発電所(power plant) is the common term

eg 福島(Fukushima)第一(No. 1)原子力(nuclear)発電所(power plant)

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Re:U.S. tests nuclear power system to sustain astronauts on ... by fb03 on Friday January 19, 2018 @06:11AM (#16185396)

Gen-shi-ryoku Hatsu-den-sho? Let's see if I got it right, my Japanese is a bit rusty.

I am not sure about the readings of the first two kanji (atomic) so I used generic ones heehe.

Thanks in advance.

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Re:U.S. tests nuclear power system to sustain astronauts on ... by rangibaby on Friday January 19, 2018 @08:01PM (#16191366)

Yes you are right.

原子 genshi means atom. 力 means power (strength). Stick them together and it means using the power of the atom.

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Re:U.S. tests nuclear power system to sustain astronauts on ... by ekianjo on Friday January 19, 2018 @02:06AM (#16184612)

> In Japan they just call them 'thermal plants'

Japan has completely shut down all operations of Nuclear Plants since 2011. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Japan

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Re:U.S. tests nuclear power system to sustain astronauts on ... by ptaipale on Friday January 19, 2018 @02:31AM (#16184698)

And as that page also explains, has restarted some of them, and the long-term policy calls nuclear power "the country's most important power source".

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