On Friday 10 February 2006 03:22, Harry Veeder wrote: > The author of the article cited below mislead me. > After checking his sources, it seems India is not building a reactor based > on the concept energy amplification. They are building a prototype > commercial fast breeder reactor and the only thing it has in common with > Carlo Rubbia's proposal is that they both use thorium. > > Harry > > > Carlo Rubbia originated the idea of the energy amplifier. > > http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue411/labnotes.html > > The paragraph below came from the link above. > > > > Harry > > > > > > "At the Bhaba Atomic Research Center near Kalpakkam, nuclear eggheads > > like Anil Kakodkar have been noodling with thorium since 1995, and are > > currently building a pilot plant to work the bugs out of Carlo Rubbia's > > design. If all goes well, the reactor should begin producing continuous > > power by the end of the decade, and should pave the way for nine > > commercial workhorses due to come online between 2010 and 2020. If the > > scheme worksand there's no scientific reason why it shouldn'tit could > > well pave the way for a global migration to fission technology safe > > enough for urban areas and Third World dictatorships. So, far from > > ignoring the problem or playing the politics of half-measures, India is > > positioning itself for the realities of Kyoto and the decline of fossil > > fuels, and plans to be a leader in 21st century energy technology. I say, > > more power to 'em!"
And the fast breeder is what we need to build. The Chinese and the Japanese are building this. We had it once and a traitorous president threw it away in a misguided fit of pique for having failed nuclear power school when he was in the Navy. We need to build it again, for it IS our salvation. Its fuel could supply a whole constellation of small reactors like Bridgeman in Michigan. Small plants that make no waves, have no accidents, make no publicity, just generate power forever and ever and ever......cheaply! Standing Bear
