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Subject: Re: Request for info . . . "graphit
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Date: Mon, 19-May-86 12:13:00 EDT
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> OK, this article mentions the graphite reactor, which wasn't too safe.
> It also mentions the BWR reactors (like 3 mile Island :-).
> There are also the Sodium (or "breeder") Reactors which run even hotter
> than graphite?
> 
> What about the Fort St Vrain "argon/freon" reactor in Colorado?  Is
> this design any safer?  Is the Ft. St. Vrain reactor info included
> in descriptions of reactors?  Are there any other such reactors?
> 
> What other options are available to make a really safe reactor?

Heavy water. CANDU.

The Swedes also had some interesting small reactor designs, although I don't
know what their status is since the referendum.

Andy "Krazy" Glew. Gould CSD-Urbana.    USEnet:  ihnp4!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!aglew
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