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- From: houle@nmt.edu (Paul Houle)
- Subject: Re: ZERO Nuclear impact (was: Is car pooling for real? etc)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.224324.4987@nmt.edu>
- Organization: New Mexico Tech
- References: <1992Jul28.183714.21598@hsv3.lsil.com> <1992Jul28.223415.3231@vexcel.com> <1992Jul29.160427.17369@cerberus.ulaval.ca>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 22:43:24 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul29.160427.17369@cerberus.ulaval.ca> yergeau@cornu.phy.ulaval.ca (Francois Yergeau) writes:
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- >One such design is not only ready for construction, but in actual
- >operation in many places in the world. It's the CANDU, which uses
- >heavy water as both the coolant and the moderator. This gives it two
- >nice advantages:
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- Actually, I was reading a textbook on nuclear engineering that
- had a section discussing the possibility of CANDU being used as a thermal
- breeder with a Th/U233 fuel cycle with relatively minor modifications
- (compared to the major difference between a PWR and a thermal breeder).
- I suppose that if you really have to use nuclear power this might be
- a reasonable way to go. This still leaves me curious about the proliferation
- hazards of U233 -- will it fast fission well, and what percentage of it's
- fast fissions are prompt?
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