Harry- Thanks for the link to the Starcore reactor item slated for Canada.
The small modularization design is way overdue IMHO. However, I would not have selected the high temperature gas cooling as the best option. And the tricore fuel has a drawback as being hard to reprocess, and it is subject to brittle fracture. I hope the reactor plant design has a good system for sampling for failed fuel balls which are not the same as pellets used in the early Oak Ridge reactor design. Intact fuel destined for disposal may be hard to assurefor the long term with a residual heat source inside a tennis ball-sized fuel “element”. Refueling becomes a head ache when fuel elements fail. I doubt the reactor is inherently safe as advertised with brittle fracture to worry about as pressure builds up inside the fuel. Also the Helium coolant is expensive and hard to control, although it is a good heat transfer medium for HTGR’s. Hopefully it does not get contaminated with fission gases—xenon and krypton—which are not easy to control. Lastly. I trust that Canada requires high quality technical management and will supply consistent unbiased oversight for design and operation for the multiple reactor’s suggested for the future. I hope Canadian over sight is NOT like the dismal government reactor over sight in Japan. Bob Cook Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 ________________________________ From: H LV <hveeder...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 9, 2018 12:04:31 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: [Vo]:possible demonstration site for SMR Pinawa eyes nuclear-powered future TOWN IN TALKS WITH SMALL MODULAR REACTOR INDUSTRY TO BECOME DEMONSTRATION SITE http://pinawachamber.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Pinawa-eyes-nuclear-powered-future-Winnipeg-Free-Press.pdf
