I wrote:
> I believe the Enrico Fermi breeder reactor also ran for a few hours before > malfunctioning so badly it supposedly threatened to make Chicago a > wasteland. > Detroit, not Chicago. See the book "We Almost Lost Detroit" (1975). Perhaps that was exaggerated. I wouldn't know. But it is clear that breeder reactors are a troubled technology. There are technologies that struggle for years and never work despite huge investments. Such as counter-rotating propellers, and the F-35 fighter. - Jed
