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FBaggins

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15. Sigh. Can't be bothered to actually read the report that you claim you're using as a source?
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 10:56 AM
Aug 2015
If you have specific quotes from the report that contradict their press release or my reading of it, then post those quotes.

I already gave you the information... now you're going to pretend that absent "specific quotes"... it just didn't happen?

From page 18:
CEA is currently heading studies on the ASTRID SFR prototype mentioned earlier, in collaboration with AREVA and
EDF3. Commissioning is currently scheduled for 2025.


From Page 23

* In India, the 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) is expected to achieve its first criticality at the
end of 2014. This prototype is expected to be followed by several 1000 MWe SFRs.

* In Russia, construction on the BN-800 reactor (800 MWe) has resumed after being halted by the dissolution of
the USSR. The core is being fuelled and the reactor is expected to begin producing electricity in 2014. Russia
is also considering developing a commercial version with a power output of 1200 MWe (BN-1200) based on the
BN-800 reactor. An SFR research reactor known as MBIR is also in development. The originality of the MBIR lies
in the test loops, which are inside the primary circuit and can be cooled by various types of coolant (lead,
LBE, gaseous coolant or molten salts).

* The China Demonstration Fast Reactor (CDFR) project, which has a generating capacity of between 600 and
900 MWe, is under way. It foreshadows the commercial stage of the 1000-1500 MWe Chinese Commercial Fast
Reactor (CCFR).


Two designs that are either in operation or within weeks of it... one that's under construction... and one expected to be completed a decade from now.

Compare that to your claim that what they're really saying is that only the most advanced design will even have a prototype 35 years from now.

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Future Of Nuclear Industry Takes Yet Another Hit bananas Jul 2015 #1
As I've said a number of times, I was told the same thing 40 years ago by experts in the field. bananas Jul 2015 #2
The only people who delude themselves that nukes can ever be safe are those in the industry Cleita Jul 2015 #3
A couple corrections/clarifications FBaggins Jul 2015 #4
Are these the ones that use nuclear waste to operate? lonestarnot Jul 2015 #5
Yes, and others. nt bananas Jul 2015 #6
I hate to ask anti-nukes questions involving logic, but... NNadir Jul 2015 #7
It's always "worth" improving safety FBaggins Jul 2015 #8
That would depend on what you make "safer..." NNadir Jul 2015 #9
Most of those 7 million deaths you throw out there madokie Aug 2015 #17
The ability to make this type of reactor meet minimum safety standards isn't yet achieved. kristopher Jul 2015 #10
Your timeline is off FBaggins Jul 2015 #11
No, my timeline isn't off - it isn't mine. kristopher Jul 2015 #12
Yes it is (both off... and yours) FBaggins Aug 2015 #13
You are quite the character kristopher Aug 2015 #14
Sigh. Can't be bothered to actually read the report that you claim you're using as a source? FBaggins Aug 2015 #15
Exactly as I expected - you are misdefining "prototype" kristopher Aug 2015 #16
Exactly as I expected - you're trying to spin away from the context FBaggins Aug 2015 #19
ROFLMAO kristopher Aug 2015 #21
Your post #10 is the one in question - not #14 FBaggins Aug 2015 #22
Get a life (and a clue) Bags. kristopher Aug 2015 #23
Only one phase of nuclear energy is relatively clean, producing the electricity. madokie Aug 2015 #18
Sorry... that's nonsense. FBaggins Aug 2015 #20
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