Liquid metal reactors. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, June 9, 1993
This hearing reviews the Liquid Metal Reactor Program of the US DOE, asking the question of whether this program is necessary to the future of nuclear power and whether it has any serious application to the disposal of high-level radioactive waste to justify the probable expense of the program. The liquid metal reactor would rely on plutonium as a fuel, produced by reprocessing of spent fuel wastes or by using the reactor as a breeder. Also discussed are the proliferation risks of a Liquid Metal Reactor. Principal testifiers include: David, Institute for Science and International Security; Barrett and Brolin, DOE; Coops, American Nuclear Society; Kratzer, independent consultant; Lancelot, National Taxpayers Union; Larsen, Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union; Till, ANL; von Hippel, Princeton University.
- OSTI ID:
- 6926565
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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210500 -- Power Reactors
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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290600* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Nuclear Energy
ACTINIDES
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
EVALUATION
FINANCING
FUELS
LEGISLATIVE TEXT
LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS
MATERIALS
METALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NATIONAL SECURITY
NUCLEAR FUELS
NUCLEAR POWER
PLUTONIUM
POWER
PROLIFERATION
REACTOR MATERIALS
REACTORS
REPROCESSING
SECURITY
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SPENT FUELS
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS