tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post4070642532117768178..comments2024-03-29T06:38:18.116+00:00Comments on Energy Balance: The New Nuclear.Professor Chris Rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12060542089215379056noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-79859849307202229822008-06-29T07:40:00.000+01:002008-06-29T07:40:00.000+01:00Hi Radu,thanks very much. The procedure I allude t...Hi Radu,<BR/><BR/>thanks very much. The procedure I allude to is the U.K. strategy but it seems the French are ahead of us.<BR/><BR/>This is important not only from the point of view of "disposing" of radioactive waste but ion that is does not "waste" a potentially very useful source of nuclear fuel.<BR/><BR/>There is the big issue of how long nuclear power can be kept going given the available reserves/resources of uranium, which some use to promote building new fast-breeder reactors, and that might be the thing to do. However, this might be the more immediate way to go.<BR/><BR/>After all, all that "depleted" uranium will still be around to breed (Pu) fuel from should that course of action be taken one day.<BR/><BR/>I see there is a potential UK-French link to build the new generation of nuclear reactors and maybe there will be cooperation between these two nations over using the waste too?<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/><BR/>Chris.Professor Chris Rhodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12060542089215379056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-15837250623388130342008-06-29T03:43:00.000+01:002008-06-29T03:43:00.000+01:00here is a good article about the French program:ht...here is a good article about the French program:<BR/>http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/feb07/4891Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02385121898413894175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-51500856510412114142008-06-28T17:14:00.000+01:002008-06-28T17:14:00.000+01:00"The proposal will doubtless prove unpopular with ...<I>"The proposal will doubtless prove unpopular with many who regard nuclear as dangerous, not only per se, but in terms of the radioactive waste that it produces. There are strategies to deal with the latter which essentially involve sealing it into metal (copper) canisters and burying them underground in concrete bunkers, although time will prove the effectiveness of this which will be known only to future generations."</I><BR/><BR/>Actually the French have a even better strategy for spent nuclear fuel. It involves burning it in reactors which can burn low enriched uranium. What cannot be used is encased in glass and deposited for long term.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02385121898413894175noreply@blogger.com