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- From: blumb@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Bill Blum)
- Subject: Re: Breeder reactors (was Re: Justification for the Space Program
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- In article <1992Dec24.065426.29288@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec20.044836.26997@seq.uncwil.edu> session@seq.uncwil.edu (Zack C. Sessions) writes:
- >>bboerner@novell.com (Brendan B. Boerner) writes:
- >>
- >>>Speaking of breeder reactors, why doesn't the U.S. have more of
- >>>them?
- >>
- >>Because they're too damn dangerous.
- >
- >Hardly. The Candu thermal breeder is about the closest thing we
- >have to a passively safe system. Hell they let unsupervised
- >college students run them. The reason breeders aren't widely
- >used is that uranium is $10 a pound. It would have to be $100
- >a pound before breeders break even on costs.
-
- Yeah, breeders are not terribly hazardous.
-
- However, they may play a part in the future because of uranium-supply
- considerations. It's too iffy to tell at this point, but there MAY be a
- need for them in the future.
- (Please see _Introduction to Nuclear Engineering_, Second Editon, by John
- Lamarsh, section 4.6 pages 149-163)
-
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- Bill Blum * "God willing...we shall return."
- Purdue University * Gene Cernan, The Moon, Dec 1972(BSEE P.U. 56)
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