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truthpusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 07:28 AM Original message |
China to pioneer ‘pebble bed’ N-reactor (first 'meltdown-proof' reactor) |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
1. These were featured in PopSci magazine a few years back. n/t |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
2. Now, if they could just do something about nuclear waste . . . |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
3. Fun fact: The US could've had these fifty years ago. |
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Vogon_Glory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
4. I'd Sooner Have One of These Near Me Than A Soviet-Style Nuke |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 08:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Or a coal-burner... |
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GHOSTDANCER (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 06:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. I hate to rain on this parade. but, |
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Vogon_Glory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 11:19 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Think Cienfuegos, Cuba...Soviet-style Nuke... |
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GHOSTDANCER (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 08:51 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. I agree, I'm sure a safer pebble bed design can be engineered. |
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despairing optimist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 11:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. And if they don't, what's a few melted glaciers and radioactive fallout |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
6. Affectionately nicknamed: "The NukeTanic" |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
7. I hope this works |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 09:57 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. How Is Producing Nuclear Waste "Clean"? |
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Stella_Artois (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 10:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. What other alternatives are there ? |
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buzzard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 02:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. There has been some interesting research on tidal power, but unless |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 03:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I keep having this dream where a dam is built under the Golden Gate Bridge |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 05:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Tidal power is extremely destructive |
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Nostradamus (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 06:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. Hemp !!! |
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kysrsoze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 10:27 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Not exactly clean, but this stuff won't be as bad as typical nuke waste |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 04:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. This. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 05:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Burn it up in breeder reactors and eliminate it |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
11. They're also working on the world's first commercial |
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420inTN (803 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 11:49 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. That's not a commercial plant, but a prototype plant |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 05:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Well, until we build a space elevator, we will probably NEVER use fusion |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 02:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I wrote a paper about fusion in 7th grade |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
13. Here's a wikipedia link... |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 03:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Would it be bomb-grade plutonium? |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 05:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Which is why so many civil libertarians fear a Plutonium Economy... |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
18. Will this thing have a secondary containment structure? |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 06:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. According to this, economics dictatate that they won't... |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 10:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Hopefully, the Chinese will do better at building the pebble bed |
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buddysmellgood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 11:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. But it already is in your backyard. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 12:47 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Actually, both reactors at Three Mile Island have containment shells |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
27. It is so sad... |
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Kool Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-05 11:05 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. And the waste that these plants would create? |
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buddysmellgood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 12:11 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Well what does "dealt with" mean. I agree we need to find a place to put |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-05 09:41 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Waste can be burned up in breeder reactors like Canada uses. |
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