Bill Gates To Help China Build Traveling Wave Nuclear Reactor 467
First time accepted submitter BabaChazz writes "Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates says he is in discussions with China to jointly develop a new kind of nuclear reactor. During a talk at China's Ministry of Science & Technology Wednesday, the billionaire said: 'The idea is to be very low cost, very safe and generate very little waste.' Gates backs Washington-based TerraPower, which is developing a nuclear reactor that can run on depleted uranium."
Blue Screen of Nuclear Death ? (Score:5, Funny)
Just wait, China !
Bill Gate will give you Blue Screen of Nuclear Death !!
Re:Too bad (Score:4, Funny)
Forgive my auto correct
Oh no, it will not be forgiven, he's already decided that little gaff should have you ousted from science and written communication. For shame!
;)
Re:Too bad (Score:5, Funny)
nuclear.
i just made windows safe for use.
This energy will be sold in the US . . . (Score:4, Funny)
China will use it to build and charge batteries that will be sold in Wal-Marts in the US, so this is a win-win, right . . . ? An the "traveling nuclear waves" stay in China . . . ? Isn't a traveling nuclear wave called a tsunami, and caused a disaster in Japan . . . ?
Actually the title sounds like fear mongering (Bill/China/Nukes) or a bad joke:
"So, Bill Gates walks into a bar in China with a traveling nuclear wave reactor, and the bartender says . . .
[Insert Your Ask Slashdot Punchline Here]
Can you surf nuclear waves . . . ? Maybe China wants to take over the surfing travel industry . . . ?!
This topic always attracts lots of emotion, with very little substance . . . oh, and I guess I'm an offender, too . . .
Re:Too bad (Score:5, Funny)
And the L and - keys are pretty far from R... o.O
L and R are adjacent on my Dvorak keyboard, you insensitive clod!
Re:Too bad (Score:5, Funny)
They're the same key on my Japanese keyboard!