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Re:Nuclear should be considered part of clean energy standar... by bserge on Friday April 02, 2021 @04:06PM (#26675390)
Interesting idea, but my next thought was "how are you going to cool that thing?!" :D
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Re:Nuclear should be considered part of clean energy standar... by kelnos on Friday April 02, 2021 @04:24PM (#26675570)
Not sure in which direction you're joking, but heat dissipation can actually be a difficult problem in space, at least as close to the sun as Earth is, while outside Earth's atmosphere. For example: https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2001/a...
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Re:Nuclear should be considered part of clean energy standar... by bserge on Friday April 02, 2021 @04:29PM (#26675621)
That's exactly what I meant. Running a nuclear fission reactor (along with the high power beams to Earth) in vacuum might prove... problematic.
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