The other bit of Australian nuclear news is that the Silex laser enrichment process is finally going commercial. http://www.silex.com.au/
It uses a lot less energy than gas diffusion or centrifuges. I gather the idea may have been conceived at ANSTO in the 1980s. In return for a minimum 5% royalty GE Hitachi will use the process at its facility in North Carolina.
In my opinion since Australia has the most uranium we should do the lot - power, enrichment, waste disposal. Otherwise we'll just watch everybody else do OK while we wait for unproven technology.
The other bit of Australian nuclear news is that the Silex laser enrichment process is finally going commercial.
http://www.silex.com.au/
It uses a lot less energy than gas diffusion or centrifuges. I gather the idea may have been conceived at ANSTO in the 1980s. In return for a minimum 5% royalty GE Hitachi will use the process at its facility in North Carolina.
In my opinion since Australia has the most uranium we should do the lot - power, enrichment, waste disposal. Otherwise we'll just watch everybody else do OK while we wait for unproven technology.
You want to do old style enrichment rather than wait for the Silex technology to be proven ?
Seems a bit contradictory...