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9870860 No.9870860 [Reply] [Original]

Why can't we have trains that are nuclear powered ?

>> No.9870864

Because before long we would have trains of peace vaporizing every major European city.

>> No.9870875

>>9870860
atmosphere isn't a good enough cold reservoir

>> No.9870909

where do you live that electricity isnt nuclear powered?

>> No.9870926

>>9870860
The power to weight ratio of a nuclear power system makes it unusable as a propulsion system.

>> No.9871116

Even if the economics of having the extra train cars to do this was feasible, the NRC would never let it happen

>> No.9871146

>>9870860
They already are for the electric ones. There's quite a few nuclear power plants hooked into just about every grid on the planet.

>> No.9871148
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9871148

>>9870926
Not true.

>> No.9871292

>>9870860
Not practical for in-city use for obvious reasons, probably not so for medium-range trains either because of the small rail gauges present in many places (fuck you UK rail), but for long-distance journeys across Russia and the US on wide-gauge rails it could easily be economical.

>>9870864
>not using a thorium reactor
Literally zero danger of a meltdown.

>>9871148
>project orion
I doubt anyone would like to be on the sending or receiving end of that train.

>> No.9871296

>>9871148
>orion colony ships will not seed the galaxy in your lifetime
feels bad man