U.S. Energy Presentation (Donald R. Riley)

by Donald R Riley 27Feb09

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US Energy

–Who said we have an energy shortage? –The following fast reactor characteristics are meaningful for our future energy supplier: 2

The Fast Reactor - Proven •

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• Proven through the following fast reactor programs: • SEFOR (Southwest Experimental Fast Oxide Reactor)

• EBR-II (Experimental Breeder Reactor II) • FFTF (Fast Flux Test Facility) • CRBRP (Clinch River Breeder Reactor Project) • IFR (Integral Fast Reactor) 3

SEFOR Southwest Experimental Fast Oxide Reactor •

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• Operation and successful proof of the • fast reactor safety coefficient.

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EBR-II Experimental Breeder Reactor-II •

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• Successfully operated safely over 30 years. Demonstrated Fast Reactor Safety and core tested components.

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FFTF Fast Flux Test Facility •

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• Successfully operated safely over 10 years • as a Fast Reactor test vehicle

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CRBRP Clinch River Breeder Reactor Plant •

• US Energy Fast reactor development operations, design and major component procurement

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CRBRP Clinch River Breeder Reactor Plant US Energy

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IFR Intergral Fast Reactor US Energy

• Development operations and design

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Safe Fast Reactor Characteristics US Energy

• SEFOR proved beyond a doubt Dr. Paul Greebler’s oxide fueled fast reactor safety characteristics and the world then included these coefficients in all their fast reactor designs.

• EBR-II proved the safety characteristics of metal fueled fast reactors.

• Too bad Chernobyl wasn’t a fast reactor. If it was it would not have destroyed itself.

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Environmentally Friendly Fast reactor Characteristics US Energy

• The Integral Fast Reactor (IFR) does not contribute to CO2 contamination in the atmosphere and minimizes the waste storage products produced by existing thermal reactors. • Waste from thermal reactors leads to a 10,000 year stability criteria for disposal.

With IFR waste, the time of concern is less than 500 years.

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Anti-proliferation Fast reactor Characteristics US Energy

• The IFR (Integral Fast Reactor) has by far the most proliferation resistant fuel cycle.

• The IFR is an integrated, weaponsincompatable, proliferation resistant cycle that is closed – it encompasses the active fuel cycle, including fuel production, power generation, reprocessing and waste management.

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700 years of total US electrical energy fast reactor fuel is already mined and milled -

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This fuel, depleted Uranium Hexafloride (DUF6), a relatively non-radioactive waste product of the WW-II enrichment process, is the greatest quanity of fast reactor fuel available in any country in the world.

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US Energy

The Fast Reactor has been shown to be: Proven; Environmentally Friendly; Antiproliferable; and 700 years of Fast Reactor fuel is already mined and milled.

Economically the production of power with the IFR should be equivalent to todays nuclear plant’s power costs (especially with 700 years of fast reactor fuel already mined and milled).

What more could we ask for?

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• Do you want meaningful amounts of and meaningful costs for energy in the future? The only rational course at this point in time is following through with the Integral Fast Reactor (IFR). No other solution appears on the horizon. Either we initiate the fast reactor or we all go down the drain. Just observe what is going on and check the facts before you act!

• For more information see the following Web Sites: – http://www.ourenergyworld.com – http://www.truthaboutenergy.com Powerpoint Presentation: US Energy Presentation 1.ppt

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