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by PaulHoule
413 days ago
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The main hang ups for fast reactors in the US are: (1) our regulators are less sanguine about occupational safety for plutonium workers then the French and Russians (carcinogenic Pu nanoparticles —- the high energy ball mill can make sand deadly, just think what it can do for Pu) and (2) fear of nuclear proliferation if the “plutonium economy” expands. There is also (3) the economics will never be attractive with a steam turbine and all the heat exchangers that entails, but a power set like https://www.swri.org/markets/energy-environment/power-genera... could fit in the employee break room of the turbine house of an LWR and could make it competitive. It’s a big if though. |
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