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Old 08-30-2019, 11:53 PM   #42 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by oil pan 4 View Post
They reduce the neutron poisons by running a very enriched reactor fuel blend. We are talking so highly enriched it's not anywhere near commercially viable for power generation.
I'm just generally talking the point at which they consider the fuel spent. I was 11 years a nuclear power plant operator and reactor chemist in the navy. Thankfully I have forgotten all the stuff I probably am not supposed to tell. I will say there ain't nobody as good and safe at running nuclear power as the US Navy.
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