Alternative Nuclear Power.

World and I, April, 2001 by Adams, Rod

Advances in South Africa and the Netherlands suggest that small-scale fission machines could become safe, reliable, and inexpensive sources of electricity and heat for ships, factories, and perhaps single-family homes.

Crews on nuclear submarines spend months at a time underwater and are totally dependent on the constant, reliable power output of a nuclear reactor. Similarly, some of NASA's long-distance space probes depend on nuclear power. Yet the once-bright promise of nuclear energy is today tarnished by associations with nuclear weapons, a few power station accidents, and concerns about wastes [see "Minimizing Nuclear Wastes" on p. xxx].

While most of the world continues to ignore the possibility of resurrecting nuclear energy sources, working...

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