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"Traveling wave" nuclear reactor
TB
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3/9/2009 2:46:45 PM
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Here.
Turns U-238 into plutonium, then burns the plutonium in the same reactor.
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"Traveling wave" nuclear reactor
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TB
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3/9/2009 2:46:45 PM
I realize it's a mature technology, but what's frightening is "liquid sodium".
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Bowser
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3/11/2009 11:58:38 PM
"liquid sodium is beyond frightening.".
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ER
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3/12/2009 12:37:50 AM
It's even scarier than that
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ER
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3/12/2009 12:49:10 AM
I think I've related this story.
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Bowser
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3/12/2009 4:50:29 AM
Low pressure sodium
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Adam
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3/16/2009 9:24:39 AM
U.S. News article on French nuclear power
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TB
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3/11/2009 5:10:26 PM
Cheap Nuclear Power! I have been hearing about new ideas for 40 years.
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David F Mayer
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3/10/2009 8:49:57 PM
the only problem with Nuclear Power is Politics.
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Nick Hoffman
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3/10/2009 9:35:53 PM
WRONG! The biggest problem with Nuclear Power is PRICE, not politics.
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David F Mayer
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3/11/2009 12:26:15 PM
The price is a consequence of politics, not an accident...
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Nick Hoffman
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3/12/2009 11:42:07 PM
I don't believe that. I think that the price is inherent in the process.
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David F Mayer
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3/16/2009 11:30:42 PM
"Waste" ain't waste
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Adam
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3/11/2009 10:16:49 AM
A primer for the puzzled
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ER
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3/11/2009 11:41:44 AM
All of which is why this particular reactor concept is so attractive.
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TB
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3/11/2009 5:09:28 PM
Would rather one of those...
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Adam
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3/16/2009 8:15:30 AM
expense
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pwokenyaw
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3/10/2009 10:51:30 PM
re: expense
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TB
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3/11/2009 3:27:43 AM
re: "Traveling wave" nuclear reactor
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ER
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3/9/2009 9:21:18 PM
Not too shabby
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ER
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3/9/2009 9:30:02 PM
re: Not too shabby
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TB
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3/9/2009 10:29:02 PM
re: Not too shabby
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ER
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3/10/2009 12:06:28 AM
Sounds very promising
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Laurie Street
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3/9/2009 7:15:50 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.