A personal nuclear reactor? Not so fast!

Toshiba proposes to build nuclear reactors so small and reliable that they could be used by neighborhoods, individual commercial buildings, or even the personal homes of the wealthy. But do the numbers really work out?I think this sounds awesome! I definitely would sign up to get one of these! One of the best things the DOE (Department of Energy) could do is to diversify the grid such that every home generated its own power, and sold back unused power to the grid. That way there is no central point at which you could take out the nation's power.

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