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Reactor design
That, and the obscene prices Europeans pay for fossile fuels
alcaray
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4/3/2004 10:30:15 PM
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A hamster wheel could probably be competetive, in Europe.
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Hopes of Building Nation's First New Nuclear Plant in Decades
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Bowser
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3/31/2004 1:07:56 PM
Here's hoping...
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Tom Brosz
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4/1/2004 5:05:49 AM
And the treehuggers continue to gripe against hydro, thermo, nuclear, wind-generated power. Those Luddites will even turn against solar-power.
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Jacob Smaorodin
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4/6/2004 10:04:15 PM
Is cost per KW lower for newer designs?
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alcaray
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4/1/2004 11:43:53 PM
re: Is cost per KW lower for newer designs?
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Tom Brosz
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4/2/2004 1:10:31 AM
Yes it is.
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Lee
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4/5/2004 8:01:55 AM
re: Science + Fiction =
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Johannes
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4/3/2004 5:40:01 PM
Do you have ANY contact with reality?
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R.L.
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4/5/2004 2:38:27 AM
re: Do you have ANY contact with reality?------ Yes !!
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Johannes
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4/6/2004 1:44:23 AM
I'm interested in the bottom line
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alcaray
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4/2/2004 3:55:27 PM
re: I'm interested in the bottom line
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Larry J
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4/2/2004 4:40:19 PM
Reactor design
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Tom Brosz
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4/2/2004 9:22:22 PM
That, and the obscene prices Europeans pay for fossile fuels
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alcaray
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4/3/2004 10:30:15 PM
Most of the reason for their high prices is taxes
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Larry J
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4/4/2004 10:25:18 PM
I know. It doesn't have anything to do with what we are talking about.
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alcaray
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4/7/2004 6:33:46 PM
But it has everything to do with "obscene prices Europeans pay for fossile fuels"
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Larry J
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4/8/2004 6:16:16 PM
Thanks for the lecture, Professor.
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alcaray
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4/8/2004 6:22:26 PM
First new COMMERCIAL nuclear power plant in decades...
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Larry J
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3/31/2004 3:16:55 PM
Most of the engineers I know work at nuke plants.
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Mary Anne
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4/5/2004 1:01:05 AM
First new COMMERCIAL nuclear power plant in decades privately owned for the generation of power into the grid for sale to the public.
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Bowser
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3/31/2004 3:36:33 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.