Google goes nuclear

[pokerfan]

A pretty thing too:

From TechCrunch...

Google has acquired a company that has created a new process for highly efficient isotope separation, we’ve confirmed from multiple sources. The primary use of this technology, say experts we’ve spoken with, is uranium enrichment.

Enriched uranium is a necessary ingredient in the creation of nuclear energy, and one source we’ve spoken with at Google says that this is part of the Google Green Initiative. The company will use the new technology to enable it to design and possibly build small, mobile and highly efficient nuclear power generators. “Google has already begun building an enrichment plant,” says a high ranking IAEA source.



As GreenBeat points out, “Google finally decided to launch a dedicated unit of the company for designing and building its own solar panels, wind turbines, energy efficiency devices, etc. So far, its green efforts have been pursued by separate projects within the company. Nuclear is an obvious next step for the company.”

http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/31/exclusive-google-to-go-nuclear">Read the rest

[av8rdave]

1. "Googlear?" Happy April Fool's Day!

:hi:

[Bucky]

2. Or if you're from Texas, it's Googular.

[hippywife]

3. Now you know

that would be pronounced Googular, right? :rofl:

[kentauros]

4. What ARE those things?

High-tech Green Giantess nipples? :P

[hunter]

5. I was hoping for a home-sized nuclear power plant.

Something that would fit in the space where the furnace and water heater are now.

It would be delivered precharged with enough fuel to last a century or two.

I'd never have to pay a utility bill again.

[pokerfan]

6. Jarden Corp. is working on it

[zx_3500]

7. fascinating read