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- From: i0c0256@zeus.tamu.edu (IGOR)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: Breeder Reactors
- Date: 22 Dec 1992 12:10 CST
- Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
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- >Plutonium that the reactors "breed" and not on the safety of the
- >reactors. The nuke power industry was trying to sell them as the answer
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- well it is my impression that there is also a fear due to the sodium fires
- which was finally what made the french governement stop super-phoenix
- for a while.....
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- >
- >It should be noted that Japan is pursuing breeders agressively. I believe
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- France too. At least it was. What bugs me in the whole story is that
- after spending 10 billion US$, they just cut the project.... ah those
- evil-worshiper-anti-nukes....
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- >the shipment of fuel they are getting now goes toward a reactor that is
- >a breeder but I am not sure.
- >
- >Grant Anderson
- >Ganderson@jedi.decnet.lockheed.com
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- what about going back to space and forget about those
- anti-technology people :-).
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- Igor
- Department of Nuclear Engineering
- Texas A&M University
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