CANDU reactors are pressurized heavy-water reactors not Fast-neutron reactors.
CANDU reactors are pressurized heavy-water reactors not Fast-neutron reactors.
Since there are economic, ecological, conceptual and engineering problems, only five Fast-neutron reactors are operational at the moment. Three in Russia, one in India and one in China. Not surprisingly these are countries that also have an interest in producing weapons grade Plutonium, which FNRs are capable of.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.2968/066003007
https://spectrum.ieee.org/china-breeder-reactor
https://scienceandglobalsecurity.org/archive/sgs15glaser.pdf
https://energypost.eu/slow-death-fast-reactors/
https://sussex.figshare.com/articles/report/
And while nuclear energy production peaked 1996 at 17% and was nowhere near overtaking fossil energy production in it’s 70(!) year long existence, Renewables will overtake fossil fuel power production in 2025, with only minute risks for the biosphere.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/renewable-power-set-to-surpass-coal-globally-by-2025/
https://www.renewable-ei.org/pdfdownload/activities/REI_NuclearReport_201902_EN.pdf
So why cling to an outdated technology when there are viable solutions at hand, which are nowhere as complicated and dangerous as nuclear fission? It’s the monetary interest of a dying nuclear industry and its lobbyists.
Here’s some reading material: https://www.bmk.gv.at/en/topics/climate-environment/nuclear-coordination/fairy-tales.html
Apple adheres to the principle of form over function, instead of the old but still valid form follows function design principle. But TBH I never liked their stuff or their over the top big cheese attitude. So it’s not a disgruntled apple user writing this.
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IMHO knowing one thing is enough: It’s Meta. That’s enough information to never use it. They’re interested in collecting and selling your data. Threads is not the product, the users are.
Thanks for the info.
And here you go: Even before Shadowrun we came one step closer. In 1928 Henry Ford, the racist madman, tried to establish a city in the rainforest of Brasil were latex was produced. He imposed many rules trying to control a lot of aspects of the worker’s life, including their diet. After six years and revolts against the harsh regime the project was abandoned. Modest as he was he called it Fordlândia.
Can you elaborate a bit what these “One Step Closer” posts entail? Please pardon my ignorance :=)
It’s the year of the Linux desktop.