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  1. Xref: sparky alt.rush-limbaugh:12264 talk.politics.space:1598 sci.space:18197
  2. Newsgroups: alt.rush-limbaugh,talk.politics.space,sci.space
  3. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!emory!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary
  4. From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
  5. Subject: Re: Breeder reactors (was Re: Justification for the Space Program
  6. Message-ID: <1992Dec24.065426.29288@ke4zv.uucp>
  7. Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
  8. Organization: Gannett Technologies Group
  9. References: <1992Dec18.191837.11025@cs.rochester.edu> <18DEC199221562125@judy.uh.edu> <1992Dec19.143517.23184@cs.rochester.edu> <1992Dec19.203626.15126@novell.com> <1992Dec20.044836.26997@seq.uncwil.edu>
  10. Distribution: usa, world
  11. Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 06:54:26 GMT
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  14. In article <1992Dec20.044836.26997@seq.uncwil.edu> session@seq.uncwil.edu (Zack C. Sessions) writes:
  15. >bboerner@novell.com (Brendan B. Boerner) writes:
  16. >
  17. >>Speaking of breeder reactors, why doesn't the U.S. have more of
  18. >>them?
  19. >
  20. >Because they're too damn dangerous.
  21.  
  22. Hardly. The Candu thermal breeder is about the closest thing we 
  23. have to a passively safe system. Hell they let unsupervised
  24. college students run them. The reason breeders aren't widely
  25. used is that uranium is $10 a pound. It would have to be $100
  26. a pound before breeders break even on costs.
  27.  
  28. Gary
  29.  
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