These things are not nearly as dangerous to the environment.  For one thing,
they are solid speres and there is no liquid waste.  Thus, they could be
buried, worst case would be in cement or steel slabs.  I am sure there are
some logistics involved, but it is not anywhere near as much of a problem as
current reactor waste, as there is heavy water generated in these reactors
which must be stored.

Tom Veldhouse
veldy at veldy.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Carter-Stiglitz" <cart0196 at umn.edu>
To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org>
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: [TCLUG] OT: Lights Out?


> the problem with reactors is there is no good place on this earth to store
> the waste
>
> bc-s
>
> On Monday 06 August 2001 06:59 pm, you wrote:
> > * Thomas T. Veldhouse <veldy at veldy.net> [010806 16:57]:
> > > There is a new type of reactor that uses a new kind of fuel.  Instead
of
> > > using Uranium fuel "rods", it uses Uranium fuel "spheres" or "balls".
> > > Simply, when placed in proximity of each other, the fission reaction
> > > takes
> >
> > The next proposed reactor in Illinois is going to use this technology.
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