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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (34492)	8/9/1999 2:55:00 PM
From: Gauguin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

I think I can agree with that. Definitely. We know it's not going to happen, and I don't trust the Westinghouses to make it happen, even with a changed gov perspective. You know what I mean? We obviously need some source of electric generation. Large. Can natgas be used to produce hydrogen without the atmos CO2?

To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (34492)	8/9/1999 3:36:00 PM
From: JF Quinnelly	Respond to of 71178

You ain't woofin', Alex. My dad and bro-in-law both worked at Bechtel for a time. Bechtel made money reworking the fouled up plants that local utilities had designed. Why the NRC didn't mandate a standardized design is one of the Great Mysteries. The Canadians have the Candu reactor, and I believe the French and Japanese use a standardized design. Allowing each utility to design unique plants was a guarantee of unforeseen errors. A BWR is not much more than a very big tea kettle heated with nasty hot rocks. Of course, it's a tea kettle that you can bomb or fire a howitzer into without making a dent, but it's still a tea kettle. Not all that complex. The water used in the primary cooling systems is so highly purified it will leach minerals out of your body if you drink it. RO to the max.

To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (34492)	8/9/1999 7:28:00 PM
From: ZinMaster	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 71178

Indeed. Nuclear electric power was hugely mis-handled in the US. The Navy has had a much better record, largely due to 1) less political intervention 2) single-design reactors designed by engineers (not committees) The Navy's designs are very well-tested. If I were in charge of installing a new nuclear power plant in a coastal city, I'd try to do it by asking the navy to park a ship in the harbor, and just connect the wires to it. Let them run the reactor. When it is time to dispose of the reactor core, it is easy to relocate.