1.0 link 142412 <![CDATA[Mini Nuclear Plants Powering 20,000 Homes Each On Sale Within Five Years]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/08/mini-nuclear-plants-power_n_142412.html Nuclear power plants smaller than a garden shed and able to power 20,000 homes will be on sale within five years, say scientists at Los Alamos, the US government laboratory which developed the first atomic bomb.

The miniature reactors will be factory-sealed, contain no weapons-grade material, have no moving parts and will be nearly impossible to steal because they will be encased in concrete and buried underground.

The US government has licensed the technology to Hyperion, a New Mexico-based company which...

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