On Wed, 18 Nov 2015 15:05:18 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

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Taken over the whole 60 years?#

After the 60 years.

Ok.

The basic point is this. The reactor vessel abosrbs the neutrons, and
gets a bit 'hot', and the concrete outside keeps everything inside.
After 60 years what you have left is a concrete bunker full of scrap
metal, and that's that. No special equipment needed. Just bulldozers.

Ok.

The nastier stuff has all gone to Sellafield - spent fuel rods and high
atomic number detritus.

We went round the visitor centre when on one of our motorcycle /
camping holidays. Very interesting. ;-)

That has to be dealt with differently.

So I understand. Nice if we could find something useful to do with it.
;-)

Cheers, T i m

On 18 Nov 2015 18:38:02 GMT, Huge wrote:

On 2015-11-18, T i m wrote:
On Mon, 16 Nov 2015 21:26:22 +0000, Vir Campestris
wrote:

On 16/11/2015 21:10, T i m wrote:
Yup ... have solar panels or windmills ever killed that many?;-)

Per joule - yes. Lots more. This was the first hit on Google for "death
rate kilowatt hour" (no quotes)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamescon...e-always-paid/

AKA http://tinyurl.com/6m2o7c5

Solar (rooftop) 440
Wind 150

So they were probably installers?

So what?

Really?

They're still dead.

Yes, but one is possibly some stupid installer falling off a roof
because he/she was taking liberties (and it's a 'risk' that comes with
their business) versus some innocent passer-by killed by a flying
solar panel, wind turbine blade or a radioactive leak.

'Most people' when discussing such stats would really only consider
the people outside the main action. Just as they might when a joyrider
kills themselves and a queue at a bus stop. Ok, the media /
authorities wouldn't say on TV that the joyrider 'had it coming to
him/her' but ...

HTH, Cheers, T i m ;-)

On 18/11/15 17:59, T i m wrote:
On Wed, 18 Nov 2015 15:05:18 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

snip

Taken over the whole 60 years?#

After the 60 years.

Ok.

The basic point is this. The reactor vessel abosrbs the neutrons, and
gets a bit 'hot', and the concrete outside keeps everything inside.
After 60 years what you have left is a concrete bunker full of scrap
metal, and that's that. No special equipment needed. Just bulldozers.

Ok.

The nastier stuff has all gone to Sellafield - spent fuel rods and high
atomic number detritus.

We went round the visitor centre when on one of our motorcycle /
camping holidays. Very interesting. ;-)

That has to be dealt with differently.

So I understand. Nice if we could find something useful to do with it.
;-)


Well most of it makes decent nuclear fuel.

And some of it can be burnt up in breeder reactors as well.

Its just cheaper to store it right now. Uranium is dirt cheap.



Cheers, T i m



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