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A place for you to point to climate and related news, introduce yourself to other Cliscep contributors, and suggest topics for new posts.
Continuing from the last comment on the previous thread. The first page in the series, from early May 2021, is here.
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dfhunter; David Turver’s analysis is excellent, as usual. However it looks as if he was wide of the mark on a couple of points.
From several comments on his substack the use of “breeder” reactors could increase fuel availability substantially. Also the capacity to recycle fuel was seriously underestimated. Whether his conclusion still stands is uncertain: it needs the analysis to be updated.
There is also the timescale concern. However the Chinese and Koreans have shown, repeatedly, that modern reactors can be built in a round 5 years (construction time). Indeed we used to be able to build quickly: AI tells me: “Typically about four to five years from the start of construction to grid connection for an individual UK Magnox reactor. The fleet was built in parallel: 26 reactors were completed between 1956 and 1971.” Admittedly that was before all of today’s H&S regs, etc and it was under the pressure of the weapons programme.
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