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Fast reactor future – the vision of an atomic energy pioneer

September 14, 2010 by Barry Brook
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Dr. Leonard J. Koch

REACTOR PIONEERS — Some of those who worked on EBR-I posed in front of the sign chalked on the wall when EBR-I produced the first electricity from atomic power. Koch is front row, second from right. When I was in Idaho Falls in August 2010, one of the places I visited was the Experimental Breeder Reactor I. It’s now a publicly accessible... [read more]

The MSR, LMFBR decision: Reason and Science Take a Back Seat

May 24, 2010 by Charles Barton
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Nuclear Green has in the past offered sketches of the early history of reactor design. The classic reactor design was created by Enrico Fermi, and featured a solid core. Fermi was a physicist, and in a way designed his first reactor as a physics experiment. From the view point of process, materials were placed in the nuclear core and... [read more]

Will We Run Out of Uranium?

February 7, 2010 by Charles Barton
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I noted on Friday, that there is strong evidence that a nuclear Renaissance is underway, and that the number of new reactors under construction, being planned, and under consideration is rapidly increasing. Brian Wang has pointed out in a private communication that present world Uranium mining capacity would be unable the demand for... [read more]