{"id":173572,"date":"2023-10-05T17:29:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T22:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/coming-soon-portable-poop-powered-nuclear-reactors"},"modified":"2023-10-05T17:29:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T22:29:20","slug":"coming-soon-portable-poop-powered-nuclear-reactors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/coming-soon-portable-poop-powered-nuclear-reactors","title":{"rendered":"Coming Soon: Portable Poop-Powered Nuclear Reactors?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/coming-soon-portable-poop-powered-nuclear-reactors3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>O.0!!!!<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>DARPA is our favorite source for off-the-wall yet compelling technology. We\u2019ve seen proposals for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/blog\/ariel-schwartz\/sustainability\/future-we-will-all-have-flying-cars\" target=\"_blank\">flying cars<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/blog\/ariel-schwartz\/sustainability\/darpa-working-handheld-nuclear-fusion-device\" target=\"_blank\">handheld nuclear fusion devices<\/a>, and now poop-powered nuclear reactors. It\u2019s not as crazy at seems.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/dangerroom\/2010\/04\/pentagon-wants-troop-poop-porta-reactors\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Wired<\/em><\/a> explains that there would be multiple benefits to sticking portable, poop-powered reactors at military bases. The reactors could eliminate human waste (and the need to dispose of it) at the same time as they reduce the need to scrounge up pricey fuel sources. And since people never stop pooping, potential fuel is virtually limitless.<\/p>\n<p>DARPA\u2019s portable nuclear device doesn\u2019t exist yet\u2013the agency is currently soliciting design concepts. Want to apply? DARPA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbo.gov\/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=d0792af88a6a4484b3aa9d0dfeaaf553&tab=core&_cview=0\" target=\"_blank\">asks<\/a> that generator designs produce 15,000 gallons per day of fuel and support an electrical load of 5 to 10 MW. The design should also be inherently safe. That means human waste shouldn\u2019t go flying everywhere if something goes wrong with the reactor. If DARPA finds what it is looking for, perhaps the agency should consider tipping off Bill Gates and Toshiba\u2013they\u2019re also<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/1594671\/bill-gates-goes-nuclear-with-toshiba-tie-up\" target=\"_blank\"> working on<\/a> hot tub-sized nuclear reactors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>O.0!!!! DARPA is our favorite source for off-the-wall yet compelling technology. We\u2019ve seen proposals for flying cars, handheld nuclear fusion devices, and now poop-powered nuclear reactors. It\u2019s not as crazy at seems. Wired explains that there would be multiple benefits to sticking portable, poop-powered reactors at military bases. The reactors could eliminate human waste (and [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,873],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-military","category-nuclear-energy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173572\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}