Re: stupid question

["Robert I. Eachus" <rieachus@comcast.net>]

Steffen Huber wrote:

> Germany has one, too ("Schneller Brueter" in Kalkar), but it was only
> built and ready-to-go - the real "go" never came and not a single
> kWh was ever produced.

If it is being used as a park, I hope that the sodium metal was never 
loaded.  The nuclear fuel, if never used is very inert, but sodium metal 
by the tonne is not something to have in a recreational setting.

Personally I don't want it anywhere other than in the middle of an 
extremely dry desert.  Sodium metal plus water either reacts quietly, 
burns, or explodes.  Get enough in one place and you get lots of 
explosions.  Oh, and of course, the lye (NaOH) produced dissolves skin.

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                                         Robert I. Eachus

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down-to-earth than what I have been talking about all along...the repair 
of an old motorcycle."  -- from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle 
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