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To: hmaly who wrote (55294)9/15/2001 3:49:39 PM
From: dale_laroy of 275872
 
>Some studies suggest that while they will produce less nuclear waste overall than existing reactors, they will produce more of the most dangerous waste — the spent fuel itself.<

I would feel a lot better about a pebble bed reactor if it were designed to use Thorium, thus eliminating the production of Plutonium. Indeed, most Thorium breeder reactor designs consume Plutonium, in that they use a small amount of Plutonium to bootstrap the reaction.
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