tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655496253215894161.post6919843523127675230..comments2023-05-17T02:13:46.191-07:00Comments on FukushimaWatch: meditationNick Thabithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01314331844779313860noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655496253215894161.post-12185104144097755842013-09-07T00:52:55.462-07:002013-09-07T00:52:55.462-07:00I appreciate your energy and engagement in solving...I appreciate your energy and engagement in solving this problem. I'm all for waste-eating bugs, and finding ways to neutralize the waste. Have you heard of the Roy Process? One of many that the government won't even try. But the days of spent fuel used for hydrogen bombs are over. And I come full stop at the LFTR station, I don't trust any nuclear or "free energy" enterprise anymore at all. We don't need to gamble when we have a sure thing: Solar, wind, wave, and thermal power. Thanks,<br />NickNick Thabithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01314331844779313860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655496253215894161.post-16976190245491914752013-09-02T18:23:33.286-07:002013-09-02T18:23:33.286-07:00http://www.midwestenergynews.com/2012/06/18/a-wast...http://www.midwestenergynews.com/2012/06/18/a-waste-eating-bug-for-nuclear-power/<br /><br />http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/uranium-eating-bacteria-clean-radioactive-sites/<br /><br />http://enenews.com/nuclear-researcher-mutant-microorganisms-found-melted-nuclear-three-mile-island-sounds-like-youd-star-trek-host-video<br /><br />http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2011/microbes-generate-electricity-while-cleaning-up-nuclear-waste/<br /><br />http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/cleaning-depleted-uranium-with-fungi/<br /><br />Raymond ChuangAUG. 31, 2013 - 05:18AM JST<br />There is one potential solution: reprocess the spent uranium fuel rods and dissolve the reprocessed uranium in molten sodium fluoride salts for use as a fuel for the liquid fluoride thorium reactor (LFTR). Unlike today's uranium-fueled reactors, LFTR's don't need expensive pressurized reactor vessels, is real easy to do an emergency shutdown, and the nuclear waste product from these reactors have a half-life of 300 years, which means very cheap nuclear waste disposal--if the nuclear medicine industry doesn't grab it first! In short, all those spent fuel rods are a potential major source of fuel for an LFTR. Indeed, I encourage Prime Minister Abe to fund Japanese research into LFTR's, which are perfect for Japan since LFTR's can't technically "melt down" after an earthquake like the reactors at Fukushima did and is a great way to dispose once of for all the spent uranium fuel rods now sitting around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com