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To: Proud Deplorable who wrote (2549)8/24/2013 2:30:33 PM
From: pop1231 Recommendation

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cole steel

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the whole idea of pebble bed reactors is to create a reactor that can shut down quickly in safe controlled proccess without having the exposure to the type of events that happened in japan.replacement of old reactors without adding to global warming.
there is all kinds of r&d going on to fine tune the design and study the best type of graphite for this use.



To: Proud Deplorable who wrote (2549)8/24/2013 6:23:14 PM
From: hoov8 Recommendations

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Hoov......every country in the world, except France and the UK have now decided against building any new nuclear reactors so we can forget that sector, it ain't going to happen.
I don't know where you're getting that idea. The fourth generation nuclear reactor agreement is still active. gen-4.org All kinds of information at asme.org and iaea.org, also. China alone is planning a minimum of 30 gas-cooled PBRs, which go under the acronyn HTR-PM. They started construction of their first reactor in December 2012.

Fukishima has actually spurred further interest in these fourth gen reactors, as they are inherently much safer.

Lar



To: Proud Deplorable who wrote (2549)8/25/2013 7:46:08 AM
From: 3bar  Respond to of 22792
 
After the excitement wears off other countries will be asking " are we building on or near a fault " ? If we did not build near an earthquake zone how likely is our plant to have problems ?

Japan probably should not have built any plants , Ohio will be seen as a safer place .