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grue@lemmy.world 4 hours agoWhat grid? It looks like the “power box” on the wall is generating power for that house all by itself, no transmission necessary.
Considering that the smallest operating nuclear reactor ever made was this big…
…and that critical mass is a thing, I can only assume the “power box” was some kind of RTG.
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Wouldn’t all but the largest RTGs struggle to power more than a few incandescent light bulbs, though? Their output is usually from a few dozen to a few hundred watts, looking at the table on wikipedia.
vane@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
It was 60 years ago. If they put same effort to it as they put to computers you would have one in your pocket.