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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-15-06 05:05 PM Original message |
France to build new 1600 MWe EPR nuclear reactor at Flamanville. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-15-06 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. Nice to see that somebody's watching out for the future. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-15-06 08:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. The French never abandoned the idea that nuclear energy was the answer. |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-15-06 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. I might be wrong... |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-15-06 08:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. The Finnish plant is an EPR. |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-15-06 08:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Begs the question... |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-15-06 09:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. The Finns don't need a lot of reactors. |
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dcfirefighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-15-06 09:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. How far must a modern plant be situated from urban areas? |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-15-06 11:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Personally, I think it would be a good idea to have reactors in urban |
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dcfirefighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:43 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Tax revenue.... |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 09:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. There was a lot of talk about building small reactors in the lean years. |
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dcfirefighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 10:08 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Home Heating |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 11:15 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Nuclear district heating probably won't sell. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 02:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Maybe not. We do have some small cities that are heated by nuclear. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 03:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I would hope the navy is fastidious about maintainence... |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Naval reactors seem to have a pretty low accident rate. |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 03:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Could we use something like these? |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 05:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I am not familiar with these concepts beyond Pb/Bi eutectics. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 11:30 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Small reactors like these would be nice to have in your hidey-hole... |
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dcfirefighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 01:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. That's what they thought on Dec 6, 1941 |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-18-06 11:28 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. That's an interesting analysis. |
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dcfirefighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-18-06 03:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Rule of thumb for transmission losses? |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-18-06 06:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. A rule of thumb for transmission losses is about 9%. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 11:49 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. The Secure Transportable Autonomous Reactor might be less expensive... |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 01:30 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. That's a very interesting design. |
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