What do you do when you ’ve run out of things to spend money on , and everyone already uses your software system ? How about develop a atomic plant with China ? Sure ! Bill Gates is doing just that , the AP reports . For science ?
Although Gates say his babe nuclear get-up-and-go fellowship , TerraPower , is having “ very good discussions ” with China regarding the plant , the fact that he ’s hold in a billion dollars over 5 eld sound like more than public lecture . The flora , however , will be a “ Generation IV ” reactor , which for now exists only on composition — and the technical school is n’t expected to start materializing until for at least a X . Gen IV magnetic core are expected to be secure , more effective , create less waste that fades earlier , and essentially address every potential criticism about atomic might . Again , on paper .
So why China , Bill ? Their society is far more open to nuclear power than ours , especially post - Fukushima . But it ’s also probably easier to use some remote Formosan backwater as a testbed for an untested form of nuclear muscularity . When Gates says , with quintessential hubris , that “ [ the reactor will ] require no human legal action to stay on safe at all times , ” you have every reason to raise an eyebrow . The international forum behind Gen IV nuclearsaysit ’s “ developing safety design criteria for Generation IV atomic power plants that shine
lessons learned from Fukushima . ” strip human oversight from a atomic nuclear reactor does n’t sound like a lesson learned . [ CBS ]
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