Kirk wrote:
"Carbon or graphite moderated cores have a fatal flaw. If it catches fire you are in deep do do." This rather begs the question, doesn't it? If the graphite burns, it's because air has entered the core - and if that has happened you ALREADY have a far more serious problem than a burning moderator. So how would that have happened? For plants with a "fatal flaw," the Magnox and other graphite moderated reactors have an awfully good safety record. "Fatal flaw" my foot! - it's like saying that cooking with gas has a fatal flaw because if all the gas in the tank were to spontaneously mix with air and ignite the building would be destroyed, without explaining how the gas would mix with air in the first place. "The plant that burned on the coast of England was graphite moderated. Permanently poisoned a large area." Which plant? What area? When? Marc de Piolenc Philippines ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Small business owners... Tell us what you think! http://promo2.yahoo.com/sbin/Yahoo!_BusinessNewsletter/survey.cgi http://us.click.yahoo.com/vO1FAB/txzCAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
