[ RadSafe ] UN Report on Nuclear Power

[John Andrews]

OK, I will top post!  Ft. St Vrain used a 20% enriched uranium coated 
particle surrounded by a low-Th-230 thorium carbide particle all in a 
silicon carbide/carbide coated particle. I worked at GA for 14 years in 
the HP group.  Interesting place.

John Andrews, Knoxville, Tennessee

Muckerheide, Jim (CDA) wrote:
> Well, no.  The current GA plants have been based on U235 (20%), but the
> prototype being designed in Russia is to burn weapon surplus Pu.
>
> Regards, Jim Muckerheide
>  
>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl 
>> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On Behalf Of John Andrews
>> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 3:57 PM
>> To: radsafe at radlab.nl
>> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] UN Report on Nuclear Power
>>
>> 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
>>> ***************
>>> John R Johnson, PhD
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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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> **********************************************
>>>> Prof. Otto G. Raabe, Ph.D., CHP
>>>> Center for Health & the Environment
>>>> University of California
>>>> One Shields Avenue
>>>> Davis, CA 95616
>>>> E-Mail: ograabe at ucdavis.edu
>>>> Phone: (530) 752-7754   FAX: (530) 758-6140
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>> Ah, yes! the General Atomic HTGR system or something like it.
>>
>> John Andrews, Knoxville, Tennessee
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