Secretary Chu, in an Op Ed in the Wall St. Journal described the wonderful new
nuclear power plants, including small ones that can be trucked to a site and
just plugged in.
Plugged in to a Smart Grid, no doubt.
Chu was especially excited about the new small nukes some companies envision
but he and Obama are pouring money into new modeling and simulation as he
describes in the quote below:
"Just as advanced computer modeling has revolutionized aircraft
design—predicting how any slight adjustment to a wing design will affect the
overall performance of the airplane, for example—we are working to apply
modeling and simulation technologies to accelerate nuclear R&D. Scientists and
engineers will be able to stand in the center of a virtual reactor, observing
coolant flow, nuclear fuel performance, and even the reactor's response to
changes in operating conditions. To achieve this potential, we are bringing
together some of our nation's brightest minds to work under one roof in a new
research center called the Nuclear Energy Modeling and Simulation Hub."
Let's see. "Nuclear Energy Modeling and Simulation Hub." NEMASH. Working as
a teenager in New York City I couldn't tell the difference between Gaelic and
Yiddish slang, but in one of those I think NEMASH isn't to be translated around
young children.
Gene Coyle
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