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- From: dietz@cs.rochester.edu (Paul Dietz)
- Subject: Re: Nuclear Power and Climate Change
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.214934.20590@cs.rochester.edu>
- Organization: University of Rochester
- References: <1992Dec31.164918.22167@vexcel.com> <51730@seismo.CSS.GOV> <1992Dec31.212045.25005@vexcel.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 21:49:34 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec31.212045.25005@vexcel.com> dean@vexcel.com (Dean Alaska) writes:
-
- > Okay, I can accept that. Someone e-mailed to me to say that India has
- > a home-grown nuclear industry but I guess Bangladesh wouldn't get
- > technology from them. If this is working for Bangladesh (and India),
- > I have no problems with it.
-
-
- India does have a nuclear industry, but it is not doing terribly
- well, I understand. They are having a hard time building plants
- on time or on budget.
-
- Bangladesh would be a poor choice for nuclear power, at least in the
- near term. They actually have considerable natural gas (some of the
- cheapest natural gas outside of OPEC); Bangladesh exports nitrogen
- fertilizers made with the gas to other countries in Asia. Their main
- concern would be to minimize capital cost, so gas turbines (perhaps
- with cogeneration) are likely their best choice. If I recall
- correctly, simple cycle gas turbogenerators cost less than $500/kW.
-
- Paul F. Dietz
- dietz@cs.rochester.edu
-