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Environment & Energy

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1. As usual, you've provided interesting information that led me to look deeper into a new subject.

Mon Jan 2, 2023, 07:39 PM

Jan 2023

The use of Helium struck me too as there has been quite a bit of commentary about impending shortages. I read about a German AVR reactor from the sixties, is this the "creative ideas from the past" that you mention?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebble-bed_reactor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVR_reactor

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Again, interesting stuff. Thanks. EarnestPutz Jan 2023 #3

Air as reactor working fluid John ONeill Jan 2023 #4