Eco Factor: Nuclear power plants provide an alternative source of energy.
Yesterday, we discussed the Hyperion Power Generation plant, which has already begun construction on the first 4,000 units. Nuclear energy is one of the alternative to the energy sources that will help solve the fast growing energy crisis in the future. Among many such plants, World Nuclear News has unveiled some renderings of a 21st-century nuclear power plant. The list includes Aleš Buršič blends power plant, a hybrid-cooling tower pinched into ground that would of course reduce its visual impact. To protect it from external hazards, a green barrier is also included. All this creates quite safe environment to work.
The second plant, proposed by Spain-based architecture firm IDOM-ACXT, features a different way for safety. Coverage for the main plant structures will be provided via a sort of living skin sustained by rainwater.
The third plant is again a design idea from the same firm. This time, the structure includes a second skin erected, dense in sunlight and transparent at night. In other words, it’s an arrangement for nighttime lighting.
Although Christian Raetzke’s design is just a hand-drawn rendering, it still presents the way in which eccentric and modern superstructures could be utilized to harness nuclear energy. Similarly, another drawing seems to have given a retro treatment that also includes a Greco-Roman facade.
Last but not the least, Carlton Stoiber’s undersea nuclear unit, a pyramid superstructure, isn’t a bad idea at all, especially to utilize the source of cooling water.
The Dark Side: Whatever safety measures have been proposed, still the fear of radiation produced through these plants and the problem of dumping nuclear waste remains uncertain. Any disaster in a single plant could spoil huge chunks of surrounding areas for many years.
Via: World-Nuclear-News
