Talk:Hydrogen-moderated self-regulating nuclear power module

Merge Recommendation

These two articles (Hyperion Power Generation and Hydrogen Moderated Self-regulating Nuclear Power Module)cover the same topic and should be merged. The fact that it got started twice suggests it is not an AfD candidate. Cheers- Williamborg (Bill) 01:57, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

SUPPORT the merge

• (as proposer) Williamborg supports

OPPOSE merge

• Although I think both articles need work, it seems that an article on the (notable) company and a separate one on the notable technology are appropriate. N2e (talk) 02:53, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Merge discussion closure

I will remove the merge tags from the articles as no consensus developed to proceed with the merge. Notably, with Hyperion's 18 Nov 2009 announcement that they are switching their "launch design" technology and moving away from the hydrogen moderated self-regulating design, it would seem explicit that "Hyperion" does-not-equal "Hydrogen Moderated Self-regulating Nuclear Power Module." N2e (talk) 01:07, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Here is the relevant text from the Hyperion press release:

WASHINGTON, D.C. and LONDON, ENGLAND, November 18, 2009 - At the Annual Winter Conference of the American Nuclear Society in Washington today, and simultaneously at the "Powering Toward 2020" conference in London, England, Hyperion Power Generation Inc. revealed the design for the first version of the Hyperion Power Module (HPM) that it intends to have licensed and manufactured at facilities in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

The HPM is a safe, self-contained, simple-to-operate nuclear power reactor, which is small enough to be manufactured en masse and transported in its entirety via ship, truck, or rail. Euphemistically referred to as a "fission battery," the HPM will deliver 70 megawatts of thermal energy, or approximately 25 megawatts of electricity. This amount of energy is enough to supply electricity to 20,000+ average American-style homes or the industrial/commercial equivalent. "In response to market demand for the HPM, we have decided on a uranium nitride-fueled, lead bismuth-cooled, fast reactor for our 'launch' design," said John R. Grizz Deal, Hyperion Power's CEO. "For those who like to categorize nuclear technologies, we suppose this advanced reactor could be called a Gen IV++ design."

The design that Hyperion Power intends to have licensed and manufactured first will include all of the company's original design criteria, but is expected to take less time for regulators to review and certify than the initial concept created by Dr. Otis "Pete" Peterson during his tenure at Los Alamos National Laboratory. "We have every intention of producing Dr. Peterson's uranium hydride-fueled reactor; it is an important breakthrough technology for the nuclear power industry," noted Deal.

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Remember Chernobyl

The reaction rate of UH3 decomposing? The neutron spike that destroyed Chernobyl occurred before failsafe control rods could fall into place. And the thermal spike occurs fractions of a second after the neutron spike (an out of control chain reaction, detonation, is circa a millisecond), the damage has occurred before the UH3 decomposes. I also heard explanations that Chernobyl's inert gas graphite reactor was theoretically self regulating, as per UH3 claim, and like all nuclear accidents human error was the cause. TaylorLeem (talk) 23:15, 28 May 2020 (UTC)