Powering New Albion

New Albion's energy is generated by nuclear fission.

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00:00: [Foreboding orchestral music]; [Gustav Holst: Mars, the Bringer of War]
00:22: [Music]; [Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance (Land of Hope and Glory)]
00:32: This is New Albion on Mars
00:36: Almost all of the energy available to; residents and industry in New Albion
00:41: is generated by nuclear fission.
00:44: New Albion residences seem under-powered; by Earth standards:
00:48: they have the UK's familiar 240 Volt; Alternating Current supply,
00:53: but supply is limited to 1 Amp.
00:57: Industrial and commercial units may have; more powerful energy supplies.
01:04: A bonus of our situation at New Albion for; nuclear energy is that reactor decommissioning is
01:10: far cheaper here than on Earth.
01:13: Unlike Earth, the surface of Mars is dead -
01:17: it is permanently exposed to life-threatening; cosmic and solar radiation.
01:23: When a New Albion reactor reaches the end of its life,; we simply tow it away to a deep disposal trench and
01:30: bury it under mining spoil.
01:34: Nuclear waste disposal is not a problem on a dead planet!
01:41: [Dissonant clashing orchestral music]; [Gustav Holst: Mars, the Bringer of War]
01:58: [orchestral music continues]