tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post2125878534154368956..comments2024-02-16T17:52:44.944-06:00Comments on The Nuclear Green Revolution: Disastrous Stewardship 3: SeaborgCharles Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125297013064527425noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-60515029527335411452010-05-15T23:03:45.145-05:002010-05-15T23:03:45.145-05:00Ha! Do I have 'pull' or what? Now, where d...Ha! Do I have 'pull' or what? Now, where did I leave that Arabian urn that requires polishing? LOL<br /><br />Good for you, Kirk! Here's to hoping common sense isn't an uncommon commodity in the Renaissance.DocForesightnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-2043687688303111132010-05-13T14:59:00.768-05:002010-05-13T14:59:00.768-05:00I met with two of the staffers for Sen. Alexander ...I met with two of the staffers for Sen. Alexander last week and talked about thorium and LFTR.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-63084588973165840202010-05-13T14:20:14.232-05:002010-05-13T14:20:14.232-05:00Charles - Considering how enthusiastic Sen. Alexan...Charles - Considering how enthusiastic Sen. Alexander is for expanding new NPPs, I would hope someone, you or Kirk?, have made contact with his office.<br /><br />Perhaps a presentation to a handful of senators that are warm to the idea of small, modular reactors would help open more doors, if that hasn't already been attempted. If it has, keep knocking on that door.DocForesightnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-23494182306483728262010-05-13T13:26:50.463-05:002010-05-13T13:26:50.463-05:00I calls them as I sees them, Charles, and as the v...I calls them as I sees them, Charles, and as the very article you led off with attests, the politically wise punch above their weight at times like this. And never, ever discount the importance of getting good press, and getting it first.<br /><br />Also the young may well be on side, but the money will will probably defer to experience. I wouldn't count on demography to carry the day here.<br /><br />Look, I believe in LFTR as the best choice for Gen IV; I wouldn't be writing this if I didn't, but unless the message gets out to the general public more than it is now, it will not happen in our lifetimes. Please don't dismiss this, or think it can be deferred to sometime down the road. This is a very critical time in the development cycle, and LFTR is not in the lead.<br /><br />Any rate I've had my say.DV8 2XLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14595060432772287143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-84596716720622072832010-05-13T12:53:06.459-05:002010-05-13T12:53:06.459-05:00DV8 2XL we LFTR supporters have made very signific...DV8 2XL we LFTR supporters have made very significant strides in the last three years. The IFR has gotten some good press, but there are some holes in the IFR story, that may bit them if they don't watch out. I am curious to see how Barry handles the problems. Also there is a demographic play involved. The LFTR has caught the attention of the young. IFR supporters know ancient history by first hand experience.Charles Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01125297013064527425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-3820947664048325462010-05-13T12:44:15.206-05:002010-05-13T12:44:15.206-05:00Charles - Without trying to toot my own horn too m...Charles - Without trying to toot my own horn too much, it has been my observation that at least in the political aspects of nuclear energy, I am one of the more attuned in the pronuclear community. You know I have commented at length on this part of the problem in the past, so I am not pulling what I say out of nowhere.<br /><br />The IFR has the momentum at present, and not recognizing that and not acting to counter it now will place the LFTR in a hole so deep it might not be able to dig it self out. Do a Google news search for both and you will see that more non-nuclear oriented news outlets are writing about the IFR, and largely ignoring the LFTR. This is a problem. <br /><br />This is a problem that must be addressed now, while it still can be. Once the momentum build on the IFR side it will be damned near impossible to overcome.DV8 2XLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14595060432772287143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-969854958855890482010-05-13T11:46:54.030-05:002010-05-13T11:46:54.030-05:00DV8 2XL, I am not sure that the IFR advocates are ...DV8 2XL, I am not sure that the IFR advocates are doing such a good job, or what the LFTR advocates is too bad. We don't have name recognition, but we are getting our cause before the public.Charles Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01125297013064527425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-66172503350564530022010-05-13T10:10:57.363-05:002010-05-13T10:10:57.363-05:00Yet another example of how the political process t...Yet another example of how the political process trumps engineering arguments in the development of new technologies.<br /><br />Those who wish to influence the direction of the nuclear renaissance need to pay head. I have written at length in many forums, of the need to consider the politics, and not hope to rely on superior design to carry the day. <br /><br />As it currently stands the IFR crowd seems to have taken this lesson to heart, if there is any chance for MSR designs to move ahead, its supporters are going to have to follow suit. <br /><br />Both camps have more than enough nerds and geeks, what LFTR needs now are those with the political acumen to have it noticed in, and to promoted it in the places that count. If this is not done, this design will be left at the alter again as it was in the past.DV8 2XLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14595060432772287143noreply@blogger.com