In reply to noone noone's message of Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:36:54 -0700 (PDT): Hi, [snip] >I do not think he is lying about this. > >I think he is telling us the truth. > >The only downside is that even though the enrichment only costs 10% of the >cost >of the nickel the final amount of nickel fuel is less. It might only be 100 >grams out of a kilogram.
If true, the remaining Ni is still perfectly good metal, and could be sold on, to be used for purposes other than energy generation. However the question is why bother enriching at all? Just use natural Ni. The Ni62 and Ni64 get used up and the rest remains behind. No cost incurred. You just have the refresh the load a little more often. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
