Taylor Wilson: My radical plan for small nuclear fission reactors

19-year-old hopes to revolutionize nuclear power, even builds his own

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+17 1. dave9191 commented 10 years ago

Very inspiring and smart kid. Makes me wonder what I've done with my life.
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+5 2. Natan_el_Tigre commented 10 years ago

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+3 3. bendb commented 10 years ago

A diagram not in chalk might carry more weight!
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+3 4. mikeab commented 10 years ago

Fusion?




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+5 5. Thanos commented 10 years ago

#1 This kid may be smart (from what I gather he attended university when he was high school age, so most likely is), but what really intrigues and deserves admiration is his drive, fact that he managed to clearly identify a goal/dream and the willpower to stick with it.

There are smart/intelligent (or both) people everywhere. I personally know enough genius-level IQ (among other things) people that it might qualify as a commonplace. I know tons of academic performers with straight A transcripts from prestigous institutions, various academic awards and who know how rare schollarships, but vast majority of these people aren't really going anywhere special in their careers, or toward any noteworthy goal... Either because they simply don't have any stable dream or goal, they aren't motivated enough to work toward it, or because they don't have the willpower to stick to it.

Getting a stable job and having salary to afford some extra comfort may sound like a goal in this economy, but it's a rather weak one even now. This kid is quite amazing that way.
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+4 6. schlafanzyk commented 10 years ago

Incorrect title: fusion != fission
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+5 7. CrazyEddie commented 10 years ago

Any forward thinking country in the world that took this on would be in the box seat for the next 100-150 years, in energy production and possibly space exploration, asteroid mining, etc.
What a pity our politicians are a bunch of small-minded do nothings, more concerned with the next electoral cycle than the next generation of humans.
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+1 8. stargatefan commented 10 years ago

#7 I think I read somewhere a while back that Norway was trying out one of these liquid flouride/thorium reactors.
not sure if its built yet...
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+2 9. vitaminkurvac commented 10 years ago

He reminds me Steve Jobs a lot.
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+1 10. Hyjaks commented 10 years ago

LFTR, aka liquid flouride thorium reactors are the way of the future until we reach a fusion capability. Up until this point, though, i thought it would be most idealistic as a power plant due to the overall potential for safety in this setting. This idea is truly innovative.