Published October 28, 1982 | Version v1
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New breeder of power...runs into snags

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Description

There is a strong belief that the future of power generation is nuclear. The question is asked if breeder reactors are the answer to future needs. Breeder reactors produce electricity and have the ability to create more fuel than they use

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Systems Publishers.
Imprint Place
Johannesburg
Imprint Title
Escom: generating economic growth
Imprint Pagination
80 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 50-52.

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Country of Publication
South Africa
Country of Input or Organization
South Africa
INIS RN
14728986
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Descriptors DEI
BREEDER REACTORS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRICITY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; PLUTONIUM; POWER GENERATION; SODIUM; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ACTINIDES; ALKALI METALS; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; EXPLOSIONS; FUELS; HEAVY NUCLEI; INDUSTRY; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS; METALS; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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Notes
Imprint:A supplement to Eng. Week (28 Oct 1982) v. 4(42).