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| Scandal Emerges Over Japan's Nuke Program | |
| 2004-07-04 | |
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #3 Holy shia! They were using a sodium cooled breeder reactor? Jesus... now crazy on three levels... but if it works it must be way the hell efficient. Should have tried a carbon composite containment dome just test all systems at once. old Larson carton Dr. Zango tests his radical cure for fear of heights, snakes and enclosed spaces. Cartoon of a telephone booth stuffed with patients hanging 200 feet over a snake pit. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-07-04 2:21:06 PM |
| #2 The country's first experimental fast-breeder reactor, Monju, also has been off-line since 1995, when more than a ton of volatile liquid sodium leaked from its cooling system. The US Navy tried liquid sodium as the coolant in the 50's. The USS Seawolf (not the currently commissioned Seawolf) used it for 2 years. The Navy gave up on it because liquid sodium is highly corrosive and flammable. 1000 miles from land underwater + sealed compartment + leaking radioactive goo on fire = bad juju. |
| Posted by: Zpaz 2004-07-04 12:25:47 PM |
| #1 "Instead of reprocessing fuel, it would be wise for Japan to establish an interim storage space for spent fuel," like the U.S.-proposed site at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, Fetter said. I would make it like Yucca, but with a slight modification. It would actually open for business. |
| Posted by: Zpaz 2004-07-04 12:09:56 PM |