On 4/4/2015 5:58 PM, John Clark wrote:
On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Has anybody been following this. Looks like the lead cooled fast breeder
design
is being carried ahead in Russia.
It doesn't need high pressure which is good and, if there is a leak the molten lead
would soon solidly and self seal which is also good, but the Russians have used this
sort of design before in their submarines and that's not exactly a sterling
recommendation in my book. And it makes Plutonium from U238 and that's not my favorite
element, call me old fashioned but I think the world already has more than enough
Plutonium in it. I like the Thorium fuel cycle much more than the Uranium fuel cycle.
Also thorium is much more abundant. And it has been demonstrated at Oak Ridge as part of
the Air Force's program to build a nuclear powered bomber. I don't think any new reactor
technology is likely to get built unless some government gets involved to fund research
and to tailor regulations to the new technology.
Brent
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