Re: New Book of Rules


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Eeyore wrote:



Jim Yanik wrote:

Richard The Dreaded Libertarian <null@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 19:18:16 +0100, John Woodgate wrote:

In message <92ued29drs5ivb9483hvqsveon0m14h012@xxxxxxx>, dated Mon, 7
Aug 2006, Phat Bytestard <phatbytestard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes

It isn't his power sources in question, it is his intentions with the
spent fuel rods,

The US is objecting to enrichment of uranium beyond the 5% or so
required for peaceful purposes. If there are plans to extract Pu239
from fuel rods, there won't BE any spent fuel rods for about 5 years.

Some reactor types can make PU aside from the normal complement of fuel
rods. Russian reactors are like that,I believe.
Iran's reactor is from Russia.

There are three classes along this axis, fast breeder reactors (several
times more new fuel than fuel spent), slow breeder reactors (producing
about as much new fuel as they use) and non-breeder reactors (essentially
not producing any new fuel).


*All* nuclear reastors make Plutonium. That's how you get it. It's not a
naturally occurring substance.

Only in the sense that a really fine lab can detect the output in most
reactors. Reactors that produce relatively useful amounts (in the part per
billion to part per million range within the fuel content) are very
specialized designs and not common relatively.


The idea that Russian reactors make more of it is as daft as the idea that
the laws of physics behave any differently depending on the political
regime in place.

Quite the converse the reactor designs are different because of the
political climate. Thus, more reactors capable of producing recoverable
quantities Plutonium.


Graham

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