tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post113865538284027012..comments2024-03-07T02:00:01.582-05:00Comments on NEI Nuclear Notes: Newsweek Highlights Nuclear EnergyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-1138800776647540532006-02-01T08:32:00.000-05:002006-02-01T08:32:00.000-05:00That Pebble Bed design is the "next-generation ver...That Pebble Bed design is the "next-generation version that will use helium as a coolant, rather than water." Gee, I guess the old pebble bed reactors that were built in Germany were water cooled.<BR/><BR/>They really should have run these articles by someone who is technically competent to avoid stupid errors such as this. I know that they want to explain things in as simple of terms as possible, but when the simply get things wrong, it only adds to the confusion that is out there.Brian Mayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13962229896535398120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-1138733406887107102006-01-31T13:50:00.000-05:002006-01-31T13:50:00.000-05:00I just read the article on China and it's just a b...I just read the article on China and it's just a bad. It claims the Pebble Bed design, using Helium coolant, is safer than LWRs because "water, of course, contains oxygen, which is combustible". It also claims another advantage of the PBMR is that "hydrogen is a byproduct" of the process. Where did they find these writers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-1138726511460593312006-01-31T11:55:00.000-05:002006-01-31T11:55:00.000-05:00These articles seem to be very technically deficie...These articles seem to be very technically deficient. One states the PBMR is safer because the fuel transfers heat more efficiently when, in fact, it tolerates high temperatures better. The article on reprocessing suggests that Plutonium is the only reason for long isolation of spent fuel and that reprocessing creates "pure plutonium". The concept of MOX and the various isotopes of plutonium are completely absent.<BR/>Newsweek needs better technical resources. These articles are more or less useless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-1138693096785606902006-01-31T02:38:00.000-05:002006-01-31T02:38:00.000-05:00I actually found the first article very unsupporti...I actually found the first article very unsupportive of nuclear power.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com