Rapid energy generation with eco-friendly methods is the need of the hour as the world rushes to find better alternatives to fossil fuels.
In this context, a company has come up with an innovative idea of setting up a nuclear reactor almost a mile deep below Earth’s surface.
The conditions below the ground would remove the need for large pressure vessels, according to Deep Fission, a Berkeley-based producer of nuclear power.
Also, containment structures required in conventional reactor designs won’t be needed in the underground facility.
Expected to redefine the future of nuclear power with an unprecedented approach, the company combined existing nuclear technology with recent innovations in drilling.
Deep Fission has developed a design for a modular nuclear microreactor (15 Megawatts-electric) that can be placed at a depth of 1 mile in a 30-inch borehole.
This is a new concept that has not been done before and could prove the right solution to our clean, reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy needs, according to Deep Fission.
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