Comments on: The Atomic Show #091 - Alexandra Prokopenko journalist and blogger at Atom Watch Blog http://atomic.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/04/28/the-atomic-show-091-alexandra-prokopenko-journalist-and-blogger-at-atom-watch-blog/ A show about atomic energy Mon, 8 Sep 2008 15:13:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: simon filiatrault http://atomic.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/04/28/the-atomic-show-091-alexandra-prokopenko-journalist-and-blogger-at-atom-watch-blog/#comment-69525 simon filiatrault Mon, 05 May 2008 01:16:56 +0000 http://atomic.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/04/28/the-atomic-show-091-alexandra-prokopenko-journalist-and-blogger-at-atom-watch-blog/#comment-69525 great show Rod... I was reading this today: http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/mg19826514.200-nuclear-superfuel-gets-too-hot-to-handle.html would love to ear your thoughts on this... maybe a show with the host of this week in nuclear would be nice. Read the comments on this page they are quite good. quotes: They say that fuels with a burn-up above 45 GWd/tU cause previously unforeseen safety problems, and would break existing NRC safety rules unless changes are made to the way fuel elements are packaged. The danger would come if there were a sudden loss of cooling water - as in the accident that led to the partial meltdown of a reactor core at Three Mile Island, Simon great show Rod… I was reading this today:
http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/mg19826514.200-nuclear-superfuel-gets-too-hot-to-handle.html
would love to ear your thoughts on this… maybe a show with the host of this week in nuclear would be nice. Read the comments on this page they are quite good.

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They say that fuels with a burn-up above 45 GWd/tU cause previously unforeseen safety problems, and would break existing NRC safety rules unless changes are made to the way fuel elements are packaged.

The danger would come if there were a sudden loss of cooling water - as in the accident that led to the partial meltdown of a reactor core at Three Mile Island,

Simon

]]> By: R Margolis http://atomic.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/04/28/the-atomic-show-091-alexandra-prokopenko-journalist-and-blogger-at-atom-watch-blog/#comment-68856 R Margolis Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:00:20 +0000 http://atomic.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/04/28/the-atomic-show-091-alexandra-prokopenko-journalist-and-blogger-at-atom-watch-blog/#comment-68856 Great podcast. Great podcast.

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