Re:Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after ...
by hcurtiss on Thursday March 11, 2021 @12:26PM
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No, because their abundant use of nuclear power, including fast breeders, has not contributed to nuclear proliferation.
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Re:Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after ...
by pfdietz on Sunday March 14, 2021 @10:44AM
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France's fast breeders have been failures, and they recently cancelled their next iteration trying to make them work. China doesn't have any fast breeders beyond research work, as far as I know.
It may be that sodium cooled fast breeders had a fundamental materials flaw that was not recognized soon enough.