On Aug 19, 2:02 pm, deza...@usa.net wrote:
> T. Keating wrote:
> > On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:44:28 -0700 (PDT), nada 
> > wrote:
>
> > >On Aug 18, 7:36 pm, T. Keating  wrote:
> > >> On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:45:51 -0700 (PDT), dave.walt...@comcast.net
> > >> wrote:
>
> > >> Snip...
>
> > >> The technology claim is feasible based on many flawed premises..
> > >>   You're wrong on  almost every count..
> > >>    Hot Graphite burns when exposed to our atmosphere.  Obviously..
>
> > >>    The reactor was not designed to produce electricity and was quite a
> > >> mess to cleanup.. (40 years after being shutdown.)   So much for
> > >> reprocessing the fuel in near real time.
>
> > >> You claim only thermal neutron breeding.
> > >>      That's not going to yield a breeding ratio anywhere near
> > >> approaching one(1).   (which is not necessary goal for military
> > >> purposes.)
>
> > >> Only a fast breeder is going to reach those goals.
>
> > >> Therefore  you will NEVER EVER be free of the requirements for fresh
> > >> inputs of Pu or HEU.    Base case you've only extended the supply of
> > >> fuel by 30 to 40%.    Most of which will  be gone by the end of this
> > >> century.
>
> > >> End of story..
>
> > >When you can find a physicist that agrees with you please do. The
> > >neutron splitting of thorium into Pa and Pa decay rate into U233 is
> > >well known. That's why YOU have no data to disprove the breeding ratio
> > >of a LFTR. There are 600,000 tons of high grade (50% purity) thorium
> > >in Idaho. Enough to power ALL of the US energy needs to 1000 years.
> > >Comeback again T. when you understand the subject under discussing.
> > >Oh, please don't forget some documentation that shows the breeding
> > >ration. I provided links from esblished experiments. You haven't, and
> > >can't.
>
> > I've seen no actual experiments claiming breeding ratios above
> > unity.(1.0).
>
> > Especially a molten salt based reactor, (aborbs too many neutrons).
> > Your entire premise is flawed.
>
> I'm not sure where you get this idea. FLi7Be salt is very
> neutronically efficient, especially with the Be -> 2n reactions.
> Everyone for the past 40 years has come to the conclusion that a FLiBe
> salt run on the Th/U233 cycle has a breeding ratio above one.
>
> You might want to comment on why all the papers from ORNL and various
> other organizations come to breeding ratios of up to 1.1 in the
> thermal spectrum. I've never read any report by any credible engineer
> that suggested otherwise.

Deza, he simply refuses to read the literature. There isn't even a
debate about this anywhere. He's extolling in his ignorance. Leave him
be.

david