Bill Gates To Develop a Revolutionary Nuclear Reactor With Korea 413
An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft founder Bill Gates has pledged to develop with Korea a revolutionary nuclear reactor that will leave far less radioactive waste than existing ones. Gates invested US$35 million in a nuclear-power venture company TerraPower in 2010. TerraPower is led by John Gilleland. It was formed from an effort initiated in 2007 by Nathan Myhrvold's company, Intellectual Ventures. The company includes expert staff and individual consultants who have worked for some of the most prestigious nuclear laboratories and engineering companies in the world." You may remember that Gates worked with China to build a reactor late last year.
My God (Score:4, Funny)
Begs the question.... (Score:4, Funny)
"We raise your patent for 'a small button on the device front, that allows the user to turn it on', with two 8Kg blocks of plutonium-239, which we shall now hand to your lawyers as one big block, whilst running away very, very, quickly..... ".
Re:Thorium (Score:5, Funny)
So we can grow sweet potato like produce that will turn us into aggressive, violent, homophobic, psychopathic "protectors" one we grow past breeding age?
Re:My God (Score:5, Funny)
It's one of those annoying namespace pollution games
To resolve this problem I suggest that we start calling South Korea for The Democratic Republic of Korea.
As opposed to North Korea's official name, the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea. Yeah, that'll surely clear things up.
Re:Thorium (Score:4, Funny)
No, those plants won't grow properly in our biosphere. Thank goodness too because I really wasn't looking forward to having a beak. Although I wouldn't mind the awesome physique.
Re:I think I was happier when (Score:4, Funny)
The only billionaire evil scientists existed in the works of Stan Lee
So Lex Luthor ruined you on the idea?
Re:My God (Score:4, Funny)
The People's Democratic Republic of Korea is still available.
Re:My God (Score:4, Funny)
Re:More to the point: (Score:3, Funny)
Does it run Linux?
Don't be ridiculous.It runs DOS.
There's no need to panic, it's fool proof. They've appointed General P. F. to take care of that.
I would start to worry when I see an Azure Cloud over Korea.