Re: re Nuclear Power

[rkathren@tricity.wsu.edu (ron kathren)]

Jim --

Do you think we could save money if we chrome plated the fuel rods instead
of gold plating them?

Ron

>Ron,
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>Recall that only a small fraction of the U in nuclear fuel is fissioned, and
>the rest remains in fuel rods that are destined for gold-plated deep geologic
>placement that is massively more containment and confinement than needed to
>assure no adverse consequences to humans or the environment, as massive
>greater cost than justified except to support a voracious bureaucracy and its
>fundees. Your comments need to be considered in this light as well.  :-) 
>
>Jim
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>> Wade --
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>> You mean OKLO, the natural 'reactor' that was found in Gabon.  Recall that
>> only a small fraction of the U is fissioned, and the rest remains in situ.
>> Thus your comments, albeit correct, need to be considered in this light
as well.
>> 
>> Ron
>> 
>> >To: Radsafe Group
>> >Re: Nuclear Power
>> >Remember the OKHLO reactor ? The nuclear waste from it is completely benign.
>> >With respect to reactor waste in general, if one first removes the
>> >transuranics, and watches over the remaining waste for 300 years, it is,
from
>> >then on, less of a toxic and radiation hazard than was the original U plus
>> >daughters from which the reactor fuel was extracted.
>> >Wade Patterson
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