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Monday, July 30, 2012

Are Fast-Breeder Reactors A Nuclear Power Panacea?


Are Fast-Breeder Reactors A Nuclear Power Panacea?
Yale Environment 360
The U.S. corporation GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) is promoting a reactor design called the PRISM (for Power Reactor Innovative Small Modular) that its chief consulting engineer and fast-breeder guru, Eric Loewen, says is a safe and secure way to ...


Are fast-breeder reactors the answer to our nuclear waste nightmare?

The Guardian -
Plutonium is the nuclear nightmare. A by-product of conventional power-station reactors, it is the key ingredient in nuclear weapons. And even when not made into bombs, it is a million-year radioactive waste legacy that is already costing the world ...

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