[ RadSafe ] UN Report on Nuclear Power

[John Andrews]

John R Johnson wrote:
> Otto and other Rasdsafers
>
> We shouldn't forget about Th-Nat->U-233. It can  capture a neutron to 
> go to Th-233 (half life ~22 min.) which decays to Pa-233 ((half life 
> ~22 days) and to
> U-233  (half life ~162000years). I think this is better than U-Nat-> 
> Pu-239.
>
> John
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Otto G. Raabe" <ograabe at ucdavis.edu>
> To: <Cehn at aol.com>; <radsafe at radlab.nl>
> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 9:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] UN Report on Nuclear Power
>
>
>> At 09:18 AM 4/30/2007, Cehn at aol.com wrote:
>>> Nuclear power will save the world, UN scientists  claim
>>> Last updated at 10:35am on 30th April 2007
>> ***********************************
>> April 30, 2007
>>
>> More importantly, nuclear power and hydrogen fuel cells can save us 
>> from crippling dependance on global oil. We already have all the 
>> fissile material  (Pu-239) and breeder material (DU) to build another 
>> 100 nuclear plants in the U.S.  With plentiful electricity we can 
>> make hydrogen by hydrolysis. Hydrogen fuel-cell powered motor 
>> vehicles emit only water, so out health threatening air pollution 
>> problem will be eliminated.  Oil dependence can be reduced and 
>> eventually eliminated.
>>
>> When I mention these facts in polite company the usual response is. 
>> "But what about Chenobyl?" and "What are we going to do with the waste?"
>> We know these are bogus questions, but we need to do a better job of 
>> educating the public and the politicians.
>>
>> Otto
>>
>> P.S. The small increase in average global temperature from 1970 to 
>> 2000 (about one degree Fahrenheit) is correlated perfectly with 
>> increased radiant energy from the sun over which we have no control.
>>
>>
>> **********************************************
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>> Center for Health & the Environment
>> University of California
>> One Shields Avenue
>> Davis, CA 95616
>> E-Mail: ograabe at ucdavis.edu
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Ah, yes! the General Atomic HTGR system or something like it.

John Andrews, Knoxville, Tennessee