Power cuts ?

[clf-gas]

Heard a couple of times this week, could be power cuts this winter.
Anyone else heard this?.

Was told its due too 7 power stations being off line

 

[JohnD]

not mentioned in the FT this year (except for Albania)

so probably not

Nothing on Fuel Stockpiles since August
http://search.ft.com/ftArticle?queryText="fuel+stockpiles"&y=6&aje=false&x=16&id=070801013333&ct=0

 

[clf-gas]

Maybe Chinese wispers John but twice in one week from different sources

Never mind

 

[JohnD]

In the last week or so some stories have been planted to encourage support for the fothcoming program to build more nukes

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/55a88838-8263-11dc-a5ae-0000779fd2ac.html

Hinkley Point station in southwest England and the Hunterston station in Scotland were closed after cracks were found in boilers. This has made a dents in nuke profits this year. Last I heard the faulty boilers were running but had been turned down to 60%

 

[clf-gas]

Propaganda,, Eah,, surely the gov wont stoop to that

 

[tim west]

Greenpeace have been complaining about nuclear energy programmes since i can remember, maybe the old technology was flawed but the new generation technology may have ironed out all the flaws? Is Green peace arguing the issue over old flawed technology or have they analysed the new and still found flaws?

 

[joe-90]

There is no known safe way to dispose of radioactive material.

 

[tim west]

With new reprocessing techniques the waste isnt as hazardous as in the past, efficiency is up to 99% in extracting useful fuel so the half life has been reduced dramatically.

It's now a question what is more dangerous that or the pollution from coal fired stations.

 

[joe-90]

It's where to store it that matters.

Oh and how can you reduce a half life?

 

[tim west]

Storage can be kept to a minimum with correct management of producing the fuel rods.

 

[joe-90]

How do you reduce the half-life?

 

[tim west]

the reultant radioactivity would be reduced so it wouldnt be as harmful over the half life.

Since pyrometalurgy recovers all the actinides, the remaining waste is not nearly as long lived as it would otherwise be. Most of the long term (past a couple hundred years) radioactivity produced by nuclear waste is produced by the actinides. These actinides can (mostly) be consumed by reactors as fuel, so extracting them from the waste and reinserting them into the reactor reduces the long term threat from the waste, and reduces the fuel needs of the reactor.

 

[joe-90]

the reultant radioactivity would be reduced so it wouldnt be as harmful over the half life.

Let's talk about Plutonium then. How do you reduce the half-life of plutonium?

 

[tim west]

see above

 

[joe-90]

see above

I've seen above but there is no reference to the process that would reduce the half-life of plutonium. Is there one? (he knows there isn't really and he's just trying to bluff it)