# Presenting the new Toshiba home nuclear reactor.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 10, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-new-toshiba-home-nuclear-reactor/440788 "2008-03-10T02:04:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-new-toshiba-home-nuclear-reactor/440788/1 "2008-03-10T02:04:06Z")

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Are you tired of paying a monthly electric bill? Do you hate having to haul barrel after barrel of petroleum to power your generator?  
[Then what you need is the new Toshiba 4-S personal reactor!](http://io9.com/364715/put-a-nuclear-reactor-in-your-basement)

Able to provide a constant 200 kilowatts for over thirty years with no re-fueling and no maintenance!

Call today!

[Wiki article about a reactor of similar design.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiba_4S)  
[Slightly more info on the new reactor.](http://www.nextenergynews.com/news1/next-energy-news-toshiba-micro-nuclear-12.17b.html)

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**Author:** ![Mongo\_Ponton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Mongo\_Ponton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mongo_Ponton)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-new-toshiba-home-nuclear-reactor/440788/2 "2008-03-10T05:07:39Z")

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I have always thought this would work well if it could be secured from the freaks.

Looks neat.

Is the $.05/kwh just because of the initial cost or are there ongoing costs?

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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-new-toshiba-home-nuclear-reactor/440788/3 "2008-03-10T06:00:38Z")

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So, it’s small enough to…[keep in the basement of my mansion?](http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/maniac-mansion/screenshots/gameShotId,8524/)😃

Just tell me when they can make one small enough to [power my car](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Nucleon). Now _that’s_ a zero-emission vehicle! _Suck_ it, “bio-diesel”!

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**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presenting-the-new-toshiba-home-nuclear-reactor/440788/4 "2008-03-10T06:33:36Z")

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[QUOTE=Ranchoth]  
So, it’s small enough to…[keep in the basement of my mansion?](http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/maniac-mansion/screenshots/gameShotId,8524/)😃

Just tell me when they can make one small enough to [power my car](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Nucleon). Now _that’s_ a zero-emission vehicle! _Suck_ it, “bio-diesel”!  
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It is, on both counts.

Well, maybe if you drive a semi. But you would be able to drive it for several decades non-stop!