On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 11:50:01AM -0500, graywolf wrote: > Reads like that is a very early post WWII weapons grade breeder reactor > not a modern power plant. Actually coal fired steam power plants are the > most environmentally unfriendly and dangerous ones, on second thought > maybe Kerosun type heaters are...
I remember a wonderful science fiction story (from, IIRC, the anthology "Great Science Fiction By Scientists") entitled "On the Feasibility of Coal-Driven Power Stations". The scenario was set well in the future, and the story was set in the form of a study report on whether or not large deposits of coal still untapped could be used for power generation. The conclusion was that the plan was infeasible; there was no way to reduce the emission of carcinogens (and other undesirable byproducts) to an acceptable level, and in any case the risk of a catastrophic explosion or other such failure in the entire process (from mine to power station) was orders of magnitude worse than safe nuclear power. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
