Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after Fukushima

Re:Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after ... by kristopolous on Thursday March 11, 2021 @11:59PM (#26432362)

Right. The point is mass produced consumer devices we're familiar with have different constraints than a power grid so most people's existing familiarity with low cost retail batteries isn't all that relevant.

For instance Lithium–air batteries have about the energy density of oil but comes with loads of problems that make them currently impractical for consumer devices. There's fewer hurdles however in making it power station ready.

Same thing with liquid electrodes research. There could be large reservoirs that are on multiday flow cycles for capacity smoothing.

It's like comparing a drainage pipe to a hydropower river dam, it's fundamentally a different problem space

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Re:Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after ... by godelski on Friday March 12, 2021 @12:08AM (#26432400)

Yes, exactly. Your battery that is in your phone that dies after 2 years of use is the main driver of battery innovation. If you quick draw from these your battery will light on fire (no joke, please don't test because lithium fires are not good, even if you manage to put it out... i.e. let it burn).

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