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Originally Posted by sendler
In the meanwhile we have wasted 30 years in the development and rollout of molten fuel Gen4 reactors. Now it is just about too late.
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I ran across an article from 2011.At that time the:
*Westinghouse 1,100-MW,AP1000
*General Electric ESBWR
*Areva EPR
*and small,modular,liquid flouride thorium reactors were all in the running.
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The NRC had extended operating licenses for 63-units to 60-years,and 19 more were pending.
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US taxpayers had funded 9-years and $9-billion US for development of the Yucca Mountain,Nevada nuclear waste facility.
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22 new Gen III+ US reactors were proposed.