the high surface temperature along with the fact that the reactors will be installed deep underground and at facilities that already have good security should also prevent theft says deal this is lowenrichment uranium which is not useful for making a bomb said carbon we have a sixyear waiting listthe reactors only a few metres in diameter will be delivered on the back of a lorry to be buried underground the first one he said would be installed in romania if things go according to plan then these mini nuclear power plants will be on sale soon the us government has licensed the technology to hyperion a new mexicobased company which said recently that it has taken its first firm orders and plans to start mass production within five years whoever buys the reactor will pipe water past those 500degree thermal conductors boiling the water to purify it or produce steam that will power nearby generators we already have a pipeline for 100 reactors and are taking our time to tool up to massproduce this reactorthe first confirmed order came from tes a czech infrastructure company reported the guardian they ordered six units and optioned a further 12 if terrorists wanted to get radioactive material they could get it elsewhere much easier we are very sure of their capability to buy said deal it would be like stealing a barbecue with your bare handsusing propriety technology deal says they can transfer over 99 of the 500 degrees produced inside the reactors to the surface of the sealed concrete container based on technology originally developed by scientists at los alamos national laboratory in new mexico a power firm is creating mini nuclear fission reactors that will provide electricity and hot water to remote locations reported discovery channel temperaturewise its too hot to handle they must be refuelled every 710 years the firm plans to set up three factories to produce 4000 plants between 2013 and 2023 16m each for a community with 10000 households that is a very affordable 2500 per homespecifying that there is a strong humanitarian bent to these reactors deal said this was invented to provide electricity and hot water to remote locations where people might not have electricity or clean waterthe reactors will be factorysealed contain no weaponsgrade material have no moving parts and will be nearly impossible to steal because they will be encased in concrete and buried underground reported the guardian because the reactors are based on a 50yearold design that has proved safe for students to use few countries are expected to object to plants on their territory an application to build the plants will be submitted to the nuclear regulatory commission next year the guardian reportedyou could never have a chernobyltype eventthere are no moving parts said deal you would need nationstate resources in order to enrich our uranium deal claims to have more than 100 firm orders largely from the oil and electricity industries but says the company is also targeting