jbcor

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   by jbcor 14y ago

   Not reactor grade plutonium. Creating a pure Pu239 product depends on a specialized Pu239 production reactor with special methods. Extracting a pure Pu239 product from used reactor fuel would not be an attractive option for making a bomb. N
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   by jbcor 14y ago

   That's true that thorium would upend the ceramic uranium pellet market if if was a prevalent design, but it's not. The fuel fabrication business is tiny compared to most other segments of the energy market. It's probably not even the main r
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   by jbcor 14y ago

   Really, the greatest reason has to do with organizational momentum. Think of how office politics work when different groups have competing ideas for the same solution. Those with expertise and time invested into their way are going to prote
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   by jbcor 14y ago

   That's true only if you needed to replace water in the primary loop, but that's not likely. Seawater is only in the 3rd outer condenser loop in a PWR design.