RE: Forgetting Fukushima
November 24, 2012 at 6:34 pm
(This post was last modified: November 24, 2012 at 6:38 pm by Autumnlicious.)
(November 24, 2012 at 6:19 pm)Chuck Wrote: Actually, all Chinese reactors hitherto built, planned or proposed are gen 2+ or gen 3 PWRs comparable to what TVA or Duke is currently building in USA
True. They've stated publicly that they want to move to pebble bed et al.
(November 24, 2012 at 6:19 pm)Chuck Wrote: They are researching some interesting technologies like inert gas pebble bed high temperature reactors that can literally be smashed into smitherins and still hardly leak any radiation. They are ahead of the US on this technology, but that technology is many years away from commercial viability.
That was our technology first. LFTRs were constructed and successfully run at Oakridge National Labs.
With the rest, you are correct. China has a national interest and a history of sacrificing whatever life is needed to get it.
The US, on the other hand, is hobbled by a conflagration of fear, big business interests, outdated legislation and political in-fighting.
That's not to say China and India are perfect, only that they've other interests and a history of getting such.
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