blue20ae

Did you even read the article?

Burning fossil fuel for power is going to pollute the air, and tha ...
peter236 發表於 2011-3-23 11:07

In their own words ..."less susceptible to meltdown", NOT that it won't melt down.  Compare with a 40+ year old reactor of course it is more advance.  The whole nuclear power generating industry is only about 50 years old.

blue20ae

You may want to read this about helium ... http://blogs.ngm.com/blog_central/2011/02/bye-bye-helium.html

The world is about to run of helium supply

blue20ae

According to the article, "...if the pebble-bed approach works as advertised..." sounds like the design is not totally proven.  Also, "Germany led the initial research into pebble-bed nuclear reactors and built its own research version in the 1960s. That reactor closed after an accident, caused by a jammed fuel pebble that released traces of radiation".  There may be good reasons Germany totally get out of the nuclear energy and focus on renewable energy instead.

It is as good as "safe cyanide".