| ▲ | DennisP 4 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Check out this 1970s project that proposed extracting electricity from thermonuclear explosions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_PACER > A series of 50-kiloton bombs would be dropped into the cavern and exploded to heat the water and create steam. The steam would then power a secondary cooling loop for power extraction using a steam turbine. Dropping about two bombs a day would cause the system to reach thermal equilibrium, allowing the continual extraction of about 2 GW of electrical power | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | euroderf 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Coming soon: thermonuclear fracking. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | jandrese 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
"Hey boss, do you think there is a chance this scheme might introduce radioactive byproducts into the ground water?" "Shut up" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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