[ RadSafe ] Molten Salt Reactor

[Sander Perle]

Joe, assuming that these reactors are actually built, I seriously doubt that
shipping spent fuel into the USA will be permitted. It is a possibility that
this could occur in other countries. For example, Fran e already operates a
fuel reprocessing facility. In any event, I have doubts that these molten
salt reactors will ever be built in the USA, due to regulatory issues as
well as the financial demands. Remember the floating off-shore power
reactors that were greatly discussed but never got off the ground.

Regards,

Sandy
Retired, Consultant

From:  <JPreisig at aol.com>
Reply-To:  "The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing
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Date:  Sunday, August 17, 2014 at 10:38 AM
To:  <radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu>
Subject:  Re: [ RadSafe ] Molten Salt Reactor

Radsafe,
 
      Hmmmmm.  Build a few of these in the  USA, elsewhere and let other
reactors ship their spent fuel to these molten salt  reactors.
 
      Joe Preisig
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 8/17/2014 10:49:52 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
sandyfl at cox.net writes:

Here is  a link I posted on LinkedIn last  night:
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/187917-startup-gets-funding-for-its-molte
n-salt-nuclear-reactor-that-eats-radioactive-waste

This  morning CNN¹s Fareed Zakaria GPS TV interviewed Dr. Leslie Dewan,
CEO,
Transatomic Power Corporation. She graduated from MIT with a Ph.D.  in
nuclear engineering, with a research focus on computational  nuclear
materials. She also holds S.B. degrees from MIT in mechanical  engineering
and nuclear engineering. Before starting her Ph.D., she worked  for a
robotics company in Cambridge, MA, where she designed  search-and-rescue
robots and equipment for in-field identification of  biological, chemical,
and nuclear weapons. Leslie has been awarded a  Department of Energy
Computational Science Graduate Fellowship and an MIT  Presidential
Fellowship. She was named a TIME Magazine "30 People Under 30  Changing the
World" in December 2013, an MIT Technology Review "Innovator  Under 35" in
September 2013, and a Forbes "30 Under 30" in Energy in  December 2012.

I recommend that if you have the time, you should review  the article as
well
as the interview.

Regards,

Sandy  Perle
Retired,  Consultant


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