I had tried really hard to forget that -
;-)
What's the old saying? "The Fruit doesn't fall far from the tree?" Perhaps
"Nut" should be substituted for Fruit?
LarryT
91 300D
"In God We Trust"
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From: "Mitch Haley" <m...@voyager.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 9:55 PM
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Nuclear power
Larry T wrote:
I worked on a Breeder Reactor project in Oak Ridge Tn in the mid 70s.
The technology was proven but the govt wanted a commercialized project to
prove it on a large scale. Then they killed funding after spending $2B
(IIRC) out of a total project cost of $3.5B for engineering, site prep
(my part) and nearly all major equipment purchases and some other stuff.
The major equipment was sitting in a secure warehouse waiting for us to
get it. Then the moron senators said (among other things) "we don't
know what to do with the waste we have now, we shouldn't make more"
Well, duh, that's what thisreactor uses as fuel, ya idiot! I believe
the Senator was a guy named gore from tn. One of the all time great
thinkers.
And speaking of breeders, didn't he spawn a Nobel Prize idiot of a son?
Larry T wrote:
> Could small reactors to power a single family home, an apartment bldg or
> a office bldg be developed? Seems the market for that would be huge -
> just because the fuel itself has little cost doesn't mean the technology
> has no value. If I could spend $5K on a small reactor to bury in the
> back yard and power my home for ever, that would be a huge marketing
> tool. IMHO. And I think a lot of people would be interested.
How's the Toshiba plan coming along? Haven't seen much on it in the last
couple of years.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a.5RbNhJu6wI
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