On Thu, 01 Nov 2012 09:59:18 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

On 01/11/12 09:29, Arfa Daily wrote:
If the answer to that is to build
some nukes, then that route has my vote. As to it being a Japanese
company - specifically Hitachi - who are going to help with this, far
from being worried, I am actually reassured, having dealt with Hitachi's
products virtually since they first appeared on the market, and in that
time, always having found the design and build quality to be right up
there with the best.

Now if they had said that Amstrad were getting involved ...


ARRGGHH!!

Worse still a Sinclair Reactor or a Dyson one with transparent windows
in the side so you can 'see the neutrons' and 'know when to empty it'

BWRs are rather old hat, like a Porsche, but developed as they are they
will do the job, and at a sane price too. Areva has cocked up the AP1000
it seems.

And some of re latest Russian kit aint to bad either.

Are Babcock making the pressure vessels? Or just the turbiney bit with
Rolls Royce?

The pressure vessels are one bit that is highly likely to be UK sourced, RR are
more likely to be involved with the reactor build.

The turbines will be coming from overseas, most likely from France, possibly
from Germany or Japan. The UK lost expertise in large turbines during the
1980's because the home market evaporated and without a home market it is often
very difficult to sell anything overseas. Nothing wrong with the companies,
nothing wrong with the technology - the French bought the UK turbine industry,
with French government cash, and then shut it down to protect French jobs.


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