Hello everyone,
Almost a year ago I posted a comparison of the Thorcon SMR power plant vs the equivalent renewables.
Now it's time for V2, this time against the BWRX-300, a more conservative reactor choice, and because why not, I've made it in GIF format!
For the purpose of the comparison, the renewables are sited in almost ideal conditions, solar having a C.F of 25%(California is 28.4%), and offshore wind being 63%(GE's number), despite the best offshore wind farms in the UK only being at 50%.
The solar panels are assumed to have an efficiency of 20%, a cell coverage of ~75%, and a mass of 20kg/250W. The comparison is per MW(adjusted for C.F), not accounting for the lifespans and degradation. The giant stack of panels assumes they are each 4cm thick, and only contains the panels themselves, not any of the mounting hardware, foundations etc. The 8km^2 is solid panels. A real solar farm would be at least twice the area, and the gaps would increase at higher latitudes with greater panel angles.
Fuel use is based off of 50MWd/kgU @ 900MWth = 6.57t/yr = 394t/60yrs = ~500t pellets.
I've ignored the potential for the BWRX-300 to be boosted up to 30%(390MW) with Lightbridge metallic fuel, as well as storage/backup requirements for the renewables.
EDIT: Just realized that two of the turbines are missing, so only 30 are in the gif.
My intention is to show the differences in scale caused by the low power density of renewables, and thus illustrate a case for why SMRs have so much potential if the mass production and modularization that have made renewables cheap can be replicated by the nuclear sector.
I've read in a couple of places that GE Hitachi's BWRX-300 "Eliminates LOCA" and therefore simplifies a lot of safety stuff.
But I could not understand from their materials how the LOCA is supposed the be made impossible / implausible. Can someone explain?
Tokyo, Japan
##Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace
###Ministry of Foreign Affairs, And Ministry of Defence
####Strategic Cooperation between our illustrious states
###Economic Cooperation
As a matter of personal friendship and international affairs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been instructed to transmit a series of proposals to your representatives for review.
- As your natural gas reserves are only expected to be sufficient to last until 2035, it is a matter of national security concern for Japan that we take cooperative efforts to extend these reserves and increase efficiency of production.
- Expansion of drilling operations; Japan Petroleum Exploration Company Limited operating on the behalf of the government would like to begin drilling operations within your claimed EEZ and we would like to discuss a joint venture owned 33% by Japan Petroleum Exploration Company Limited, 33% by the Government of Japan and 33% by your government to operate the wells. This would allow for Brunei to continue to support Japan’s LNG requirements into the future
- investment of 150 million dollars in exchange for a 30% stake in the refinery to support the expansion of commercial operations in the country. This investment will allow it to support our expansion of drilling operations and support the offshore platform operations
- Currently Brunei operates off of oil power plants and while there's nothing wrong with this approach, the government of Japan, acting as an intermediary for General Electric Hitachi, would like to propose the construction of Four BWRX-300 reactors to provide a total of 1,200MW of generating capacity for your nation, this will enable you to conduct scheduled maintenance on the plan
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
They were cooked in Greece.
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
Heard they've been doing some shady business.
but then I remembered it was ground this morning.
Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale
Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments
Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?
They’re on standbi
A play on words.
My daughter, Chewbecca, not so much.
Pilot on me!!
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Or would that be too forward thinking?
