Tag: ifr
Microsoft’s Futurist promotes the traveling wave reactor as a possible 21 Century green energy source
by John Muir on Jun.24, 2009, under Nuclear, Renewable Energy
Peter Henderson of Reuters reports on Microsoft futurist Craig Mundie. Mundie promotes conservation but also predicts that nuclear power will play a major role in meeting 21st century “green” energy needs.
Mundie mentions traveling wave reactors which is a sub type of breeder reactors. Also see Adam Smith’s December, 8th, 2008 post: IFR Technology, the Holy Grail of Clean Energy? about the related Integral Fast Reactors (IFR.) Breader reactors are still largely theoretical, but do promise to help solve another 21st Century problem… what to do with all that 20th century nuclear waste.
IFR Technology, the Holy Grail of Clean Energy?
by Adam Smith on Dec.09, 2008, under Nuclear, Technologies
Ever hear about Integral Fast Reactor (IFR) Technology? Mercury News contributor Steve Kirsch says it’s an old nuclear technology that offers a clean energy solution now. The process involves reusing old nuclear waste as fuel. Here’s some more links on IFR:
PBS Frontline interview with Dr. Charles Till.
National Center for Policy and Public Research Q&A with George S. Stafford, Ph.D.
U.S. DOE Newton Ask a Scientist archive entry on IFR technology.
Dr. Charles Till article entitled Plentiful Energy and the IFR Story.
StrongForce.org definitions for next generation nuclear technologies.
Archived newsgroup discussion between Dr. Gregory Greenman and others.
Technical paper on IFR and proliferation resistance by Harold F. McFarlane of Argonne National Laboratory.
Wikipedia entry on IFR.
Atomic Insights blog entry on IFR.
