[ale] [ot] what's good on TV - cord cutting

[Jim Kinney]

I saw Rick and Morty the other night.

Finally, there's a cartoon character I can use as a role model. Thank you
Rick!



On Apr 9, 2017 7:37 PM, "DJ-Pfulio" <DJPfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:

> What's good on TV?
>
> NOVA, Frontline
> For example, here's a NOVA episode called "The Nuclear Option"
> http://www.pbs.org/video/2365930275/
>
> It is about thorium molten salt nuclear reactors that burn current
> nuclear waste to much smaller amounts (about 10% of the total) and leave
> waste with just a 69 yr half-life, not thousands of years.
>
> There's a cool youtube video showing a meltdown for a Molten Salt
> Reactor in Utah in the 1950s. They had visitors during the test, but
> when none of the guys working the meltdown test started running, so the
> visitors figured it must be safe enough. The reactor temperatures rose
> higher and higher after all reaction controls were removed ... then the
> reactions started slowing until they stopped - with zero positive
> controls needed. No power. No pumps. No explosion. Do nothing, you end
> with a fizzle, not a boom.
>
> There are multiple "new energy" companies performing designs of this
> type.  Nothing full scale in the USA. I've seen a few proposals for
> 20-30 yr modular reactors. At the end of their life, take the entire
> reactor out for processing and swap in a new one.
>
> China is building full-scale versions of these plants now. They are
> willing to take big chances to solve their power issues. Google for
> videos on "molten salt Nuclear Reactors china" to find more.
>
> NatGeo did a 2 hr episode about these reactors too.
>
> I'm pretty excited about a "green nuclear option" for clean power that
> works at night, without wind, and can produce power for 50-200K homes,
> without the risk of an explosive meltdown due to electrical or pump
> failures.
>
> It is the next best thing until I can have a nuclear reactor under my
> sink next to the garbage disposal.  Hope they get solid, safe, designs
> approved and built in the USA, so we can start eating away at all the
> partially spent nuclear fuel being stored around current nuke plants.
>
> Plus these are entertaining:
> * Rick and Morty
> * Squidbillies
>
>
> On 04/09/2017 05:20 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> > There's stuff on TV worth watching?
> >
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