A "Micro Nuclear" reactor for your garage?

Event 1: A "Micro Nuclear" reactor for your garage?
It would seem that Toshiba hasn't given up on its dream of producing a nuclear reactor for the home, and its latest potential partner counts quite the big name among its backers. Run by a former Microsoft exec and partially funded by Bill Gates himself, TerraPower is said to have opened preliminary discussions with Toshiba regarding a possible joint venture between the two companies.

The aim is, predictably, to make safer, smaller, more socially acceptable, and just plain better reactors. TerraPower boasts its tech can run without refueling for up to 60 years on depleted uranium and Bill Gates has gotten enthusiastic enough about the whole thing to give a 30-minute talk on the matter (click below for the video).


Event 2: Turn off your lights for one hour
Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million homes and businesses turned their lights off for one hour to make their stand against climate change. It is a call to stand up, to take responsibility, to get involved and lead the way towards a sustainable future.

Turn off your lights for one hour, Earth Hour, 8.30pm, Saturday 27th March 2010.

Iconic buildings and landmarks from Europe to Asia to the Americas will stand in darkness. People across the world from all walks of life will turn off their lights and join together in celebration and contemplation of the one thing we all have in common – our planet

China’s most significant historic landmark, the Forbidden City in Beijing, will turn off its lights for Earth Hour at 8.30pm on Saturday March 27, in a dramatic display of action on global warming from the world’s most populous nation.



Link to earthhour.org

Progress:
Still no word from the ventilation subcontractor. They have previously said that they can move the outdoor-part of the heatpump, and my third of the cost will be approximately 1000 USD. The goal is to move it away from the bedroom wall (to the bathroom wall where the noise does not bother us) and further away from our neighbor. I am still waitning for the specifications of the operation (how will it look like after the operation?).

They have in the last few weeks collected temperature information from the ventilation system. The goal was to determine the cause of the icicles problems (why is the cold attic warmer than before the "Jahus" project?) We have not yet received any report after the data was recorded and analyzed.