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<div>You may very well be correct. Perhaps the ALMR (Advanced Liquid Metal Reactor) that is discussed in the following 2005 article from Scientific American is not as promising as it appears the authors indicate:</div>
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<div><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.nationalcenter.org/NuclearFastReactorsSA1205.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.nationalcenter.org/NuclearFastReactorsSA1205.pdf</a></div>
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<div>The advantages, unless I misunderstand, are that much much more energy can be derived given uranium resources, and nuclear waste can be reduced given it can be used as fuel. Existing PWR reactor designs, if I have my facts straight, cannot supply enough energy from uranium over many decades, to largely replace fossil fuels, given the low efficencies of how PWRs use fuel.</div>
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<div>Thorium is another option for powering nuclear reactors, more abundant than uranium; but with fast breeder reactors using uranium thorium is not as necessary, given uranium could supply a lot of energy for many decades. Info on thorium as a nuclear fuel at website below:</div>
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<div><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf62.html" target="_blank">http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf62.html</a></div></blockquote>
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<div>More information on fast neutron reactors with a list of fast reactors that have already been in operation at website below:</div>
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<div>Tom Blees' "Prescription for the Planet" advocates use of fast breeder reactors to partially solve the anthropogenic climate warming crisis:</div>
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<div><a href="http://prescriptionfortheplanet.com/">http://prescriptionfortheplanet.com/</a></div>
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<div>The website below, "Science Council for Global Initiatives," presented on the "Prescription for the Planet" website above, also endorses use of "Integral Fast Reactors (using nuclear waste as fuel)" with a positive suggestion that nuclear weapons be used to generate peaceful (my wording) energy:</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.thesciencecouncil.com/">http://www.thesciencecouncil.com/</a></div>
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<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</span></b> Ted Moffett <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:starbliss@gmail.com" target="_blank">starbliss@gmail.com</a>><br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</span></b> Moscow Vision 2020 <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020@moscow.com</a>><br>
<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</span></b> Mon, September 13, 2010 4:48:20 PM<br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</span></b> [Vision2020] Liquid-Metal Fast-Breeder Reactor: Twice as Much Energy in World Uranium Reserves (!) as in Fossil Fuel Reserves<br>
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<div>Perhaps environmentalists who are opposed to peaceful nuclear power should consider the technology proposed below, given it has the potential to greatly reduce reliance on fossil fuels, dependence on which (especially coal) has polluted the environment and caused more premature human death than peaceful nuclear power, many times over. The nuclear genie is out of the bottle anyway, and those determined to abuse nuclear technology for nefarious ends will not be deterred by environmentalists who oppose nuclear power for peaceful energy generation.</div>
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<div>Read document "Resource Limitations on Earth-Energy," Kulcinski, 2004, University of Wisconsin-Madison, on page 28, regarding the claim in the subject heading:</div>
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<div>HyperPhysics website (way cool one stop shop for Physics science) from Georgia State University, with info on liquid metal fast breeder reactors::</div>
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<div><span><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html" target="_blank">http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html</a></span></div>
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<div><span><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/nucene/fasbre.html#c4" target="_blank">http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/nucene/fasbre.html#c4</a></span></div>
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<div><span><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/nucene/reactor.html#c5" target="_blank">http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/nucene/reactor.html#c5</a></span></div>
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