re the call to space was re clueless szaboisms in article pfiuh e access digex com prb access digex com pat writes if the japanese are really going for nukes why not go with better technology then we have as opposed to bwr pwrs have they really considered some of the rd generation inherently safe designs the japanese are still on the learning curve as far as nuclear power goes this means that unlike the germans who do great things all by themselves the japanese tie up with foreign companies the major one is mitsubishi who else who have a sharing agreement with ge i think no chance of a new design sodium has lots of chemical problems but it really solves design difficulties or the inherently safe types sodium has lots of chemical problems like it eats stainless steel very slowly but it gets there in the end not what i call a desired property as for design difficulties what does sodium do there it is a bitch and it is only its chemical properties flwed though they are that means it gets used two loops that s not a design problem isolation from air and water that doesn t cause design problems in comparison bwr s a dream rides pwr s work real good but they need lots of steel and they are highly complex systems simplicity is a virtue don t get none of that in a liquid sodium breeder more steel more complexity joseph askew joseph askew gauche and proud in the autumn stillness see the pleiades jaskew spam maths adelaide edu remote in thorny deserts fell the grief disclaimer sue see if i care north of our tents the sky must end somwhere actually i rather like brenda beyond the pale the river murmurs on
