Comments on: An eVinci microreactor and surrounding infrastructure is about half the size of a hockey rink https://www.isegoria.net/2023/12/an-evinci-microreactor-and-surrounding-infrastructure-is-about-half-the-size-of-a-hockey-rink/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sat, 29 Aug 2026 19:46:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: TRX https://www.isegoria.net/2023/12/an-evinci-microreactor-and-surrounding-infrastructure-is-about-half-the-size-of-a-hockey-rink/comment-page-1/#comment-3635178 TRX Fri, 08 Dec 2023 20:26:35 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=50701#comment-3635178 Sounds vaguely similar to the British Windscale reactor back in the 1950s.

]]> By: Jim https://www.isegoria.net/2023/12/an-evinci-microreactor-and-surrounding-infrastructure-is-about-half-the-size-of-a-hockey-rink/comment-page-1/#comment-3634985 Jim Thu, 07 Dec 2023 20:22:39 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=50701#comment-3634985 Furthermore, if a power plant costs less kWh to build than it generates over its operational life, it is an objective net addition to circulating kWh. Impliedly, the sovereign should build infinitely until the fiat-denominated price of electricity has fallen to “too cheap to meter”.

It is impossible to adequately articulate just how completely this would transform the state that implements it first.

]]> By: Jim https://www.isegoria.net/2023/12/an-evinci-microreactor-and-surrounding-infrastructure-is-about-half-the-size-of-a-hockey-rink/comment-page-1/#comment-3634983 Jim Thu, 07 Dec 2023 20:16:20 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=50701#comment-3634983 Simplicity, redundancy, and ease of deployment have a quality all their own.

]]> By: Bob Sykes https://www.isegoria.net/2023/12/an-evinci-microreactor-and-surrounding-infrastructure-is-about-half-the-size-of-a-hockey-rink/comment-page-1/#comment-3634964 Bob Sykes Thu, 07 Dec 2023 18:20:58 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=50701#comment-3634964 The economies of scale dictate facility size. For every doubling of the size of any production facility, the cost of a unit of product is reduced by 20%. The cost of a kWh from an eVinci plant is likely to be an order of magnitude greater than a standard GW reactor.

Microscale reactors, wind mills, water mills, a solar panels do have uses, especially for small, isolated demands. They are an appalling waste of resources for large, baseload demands.

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