Underground Nuclear Reactors

[wet1]

It would take the mother of all drill rigs to make something like a core drill possible. At present we do not have such. The weight to be lifted in that amount of drill stem, the amount of reserve mud you would need to balance and maintain pressure, and the amount of tanks and volume and pumps that would need to be on hand to keep balance would be tremoundous needs. I do not think at present core drill would be what we need. Another thing is that there is a good possibility once a core hole it made that it could be self perputaing and self enloarging, We really don;t know wnough yet to be sure.

 

[kmguru]

I did not say, we should use the same technology as drilling for oil. It is like saying, we can not use an airplane to go to the moon. Ofcourse not. We use different technology that can be developed if we spend our resources in....

Just a thought...think different....

 

[wet1]

And what method would we use to hold back the internal pressures of the bore hole? Not much will withstand that pressure unless you line it with pipe. This tech is old but it is proven. I do not think even pipe would withstand the heat over time.

 

[Chagur]

Tell you what, Kmguru ...

When you develop the technology, give it a try. If you're successful I might even consider investing in your company.

 

[kmguru]

Somebody somewhere is doing core drilling to 5 KM. I am sure you can find other references. Here is a quick one:

http://www.gps.caltech.edu/faculty/stolper/deep_drilling.html

 

[Edufer]

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<b>They are old news. Go here and find about the Fourth Generation of nuclear reactors:</B>

<i>A new, fourth generation of nuclear reactors—the General Atomics GT-MHR and the South African PBMR—is ready to replace the standard reactors that have been producing power for 40 years. These new high-temperature reactors are almost 50 percent more efficient than conventional nuclear reactors, and supersafe.</I>

You´ll see the picture on the cover of the magazine.
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or go to the article:

<A HREF="http://www.21stcenturysciencetech.com/articles/spring01/reactors.html"><font color=red><B>The Article</B></font></A>
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[Edufer]

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Originally posted by kmguru
Somebody somewhere is doing core drilling to 5 KM. I am sure you can find other references. Here is a quick one:

http://www.gps.caltech.edu/faculty/stolper/deep_drilling.html

Here you´ll find people drilling deeper:

<b>Drilling deep into the crystalline granite of Sweden between 1986 and 1993 revealed substantial amounts of natural gas and oil. 80 barrels of oil were pumped up from a depth between 5.2 km and 6.7 km. </B>
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<A HREF="http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/tg21/"><B><font color=red>The Deep Hot Bioshpere</font></B></A>
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The book is interesting, as it tells about the "abiogenic origins" of oil, that is, oil is being formed constantly in the mantle... read about it. It sounds fascinating because it means "Oil is not a FOSSIL fuel"... Wow!
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