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To: TobagoJack who wrote (132971)	4/10/2017 2:33:40 AM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217654

The difference between China and the US is it's become impossible in the US to designate a nuclear waste dump, it was supposed to be in Nevada but of course they objected - so in our system that's that. As I pointed out, the downside to pebble reactors is the life-cycle of the reactor generates tremendously larger volumes of radioactive waste which has to be stored for "one hundred thousand years" and the US has no place to put that because of our political system. In China the few men sitting around a relatively small table have probably already made that decision as to where the waste will be stored and no one can contradict them. That's why China can use the safer pebble reactors to replace coal-fired plants but America cannot. France is trying to solve this problem by making their nuclear dump a very attractive economic industry in a rural part of France where there's few alternate industries. But no country in the world yet has a disposal dump. China will be able to sell an enormous number of pebble-reactors around the world if they agree to accept the expired reactor at the end of its 60 year life or what ever it is to be placed in an underground vault in China. Because China is in the political position to create a nuclear decay dump, and virtually no other country is.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (132971)	4/10/2017 11:01:18 PM
From: gg cox	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217654

Full Stanford stomp. Draw your own conclusions.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (132971)	4/11/2017 4:02:54 PM
From: Gemlaoshi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217654

Jay, re: A 10MW pebble bed reactor has been in operation in the middle of Beijing on Tsinghua University campus since 2003. My first real job in 1968 was in the Chemical Technology Division at Oak Ridge National Labs where we developed the processes for coating uranium and thorium particles for use in various nuclear demonstration projects. I had two important takeaways from that experience: (1) I would always be second rate compared to the real geniuses attracted to the national labs, therefore a redirection of my career. (2) Many of the nuclear demonstration projects work admirably on a demonstration scale, but run into major challenges as one attempts to scale up to a commercial scale. I hope the Chinese are able to perfect the pebble bed reactor as it offers many advantages. However, I will reserve my judgement until they demonstrate than can scale that 10MW reactor up to 1,000MW-1,200MW commercial scale without major issues. David