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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Janette Sherman" <toxdoc.js at verizon.net>
To: "Mike Ewall" <catalyst at actionpa.org>
Cc: <nukenet at energyjustice.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: [NukeNet] Toshiba Builds 100x Smaller Micro Nuclear Reactor


> NukeNet Anti-Nuclear Network (nukenet at energyjustice.net)
>
> Ah yes, nuclear sources and waste in every neighborhood.  Those of
> you who have a smattering of knowledge about chemistry may remember
> that if Lithium gets wet, it reacts with avery powerful explosion.
> The energy bill contained no money for re-newables such as solar and
> wind. Solar panels can last 30 years, and they emit no radiation.
> Our president today  calls for nuk-you-ler, failing to pronounce or
> understand nuclear energy.  It is NOT carbon-free.  Enormous amounts
> of carbon-based energy is used to mine, refine, and transport
> uranium.  Then energy is used (usually coal-fired) to separate the
> U-235 from the ore.  More energy is used to store the depleted
> uranium (U-238), to produce steel and concrete to build reactors.
> And don't forget the carbon-based fuel needed by those to get to work
> to guard reactors.  And fuel to transport the spent fuel to, to....
> where ever that may be.
> Janette D. Sherman, M. D.
> www.janettesherman.com
>
>
>
> On Dec 20, 2007, at 12:31 PM, Mike Ewall wrote:
>
>> NukeNet Anti-Nuclear Network (nukenet at energyjustice.net)
>>
>>
>> Oh boy... neighborhood nukes...
>>
>>
>> December 17, 2007
>>
>> Toshiba Builds 100x Smaller Micro Nuclear Reactor
>>
>> Toshiba has developed a new class of micro size Nuclear Reactors
>> that is
>> designed to power individual apartment buildings or city blocks.
>> The new
>> reactor, which is only 20 feet by 6 feet, could change everything for
>> small remote communities, small businesses or even a group of
>> neighbors
>> who are fed up with the power companies and want more control over
>> their
>> energy needs.
>>
>> The 200 kilowatt Toshiba designed reactor is engineered to be fail-
>> safe
>> and totally automatic and will not overheat. Unlike traditional
>> nuclear
>> reactors the new micro reactor uses no control rods to initiate the
>> reaction. The new revolutionary technology uses reservoirs of liquid
>> lithium-6, an isotope that is effective at absorbing neutrons. The
>> Lithium-6 reservoirs are connected to a vertical tube that fits
>> into the
>> reactor core. The whole whole process is self sustaining and can last
>> for up to 40 years, producing electricity for only 5 cents per
>> kilowatt
>> hour, about half the cost of grid energy.
>>
>> Toshiba expects to install the first reactor in Japan in 2008 and to
>> begin marketing the new system in Europe and America in 2009.
>>
>>
>> Mike Ewall
>> Energy Justice Network
>> 215-743-4884
>> catalyst at actionpa.org
>> http://www.energyjustice.net
>>
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