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We had a fast breeder reactor here in France before, creating energy from nuclear waste. Oil/"green" lobbies made it to close: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sup

by joss82 11y ago

We had a fast breeder reactor here in France before, creating energy from nuclear waste. Oil/"green" lobbies made it to close: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superph%C3%A9nix http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superph%C3%A9nix EDIT: And also terrorists and molten sodium.

magoon 11y ago
IANAS but it appears that Superphenix used liquid sodium as a coolant, whereby Transatomic is proposing a molten salt (not sodium) fuel.
- joss82 11y ago
  Yup, liquid sodium was scaring the hell out of the workers on the site, and rightfully.