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Environment & Energy

Maslo55

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Reply to DCKit (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 2, 2012, 10:41 AM

Feb 2012

thats what GE-Hitachi intends with their Prism reactor:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-PRISM

The technology (IFR) was tested in the US (EPR-II) and was proved very safe, working without issues for 30 years, and validating the passive safety features.

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