On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:34:01 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:18:05 -0400, John H
wrote:

A good article on nuclear waste disposal. The liberals continue to
pull the wool over the eyes of the masses, but maybe the word is
getting out. France has had the right idea for lots of years.

http://tinyurl.com/czv338

There is a pretty good article in the Scientific American "Energy"
supplement they just sent out about the new generation of "fast
neutron" reactors that can use reprocessed fuel rods from the
pyrometallturgical method (another new idea) That reprocesses fuel at
high temperatures without coming up with a bunch of plutonium. That
seems to be the main flaw in the current reprocessing systems.
They need the new reactor to use it tho. The waste from that reactor
has a short half life, still dangerous for a century or so but not
tens of thousands of years like the current stuff. There is also less
of it.

I looked, but couldn't find the article on the web. If you could post
a link, I'd sure appreciate it.

TIA!
--
John H

For a great time, go here first... http://tinyurl.com/d3vxvm