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To: DoughtyOne
"I wonder if these are going to be the low grade pebble type reactors?"

No I believe it is based on the time tested Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) design.

14 posted on 04/08/2008 5:17:08 PM PDT by rednesss (Fred Thompson - 2008)
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To: rednesss

“I wonder if these are going to be the low grade pebble type reactors?”
No I believe it is based on the time tested Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) design.
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Yes it is a PWR design ,, Westinghouse has a nice site .. http://www.ap1000.westinghousenuclear.com/ap1000_glance.html


37 posted on 04/08/2008 5:33:55 PM PDT by Neidermeyer
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To: rednesss

Thank you. I appreciate the response.


139 posted on 04/08/2008 11:37:41 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (McCain is rock solid on SCOTUS judicial appointments. He voted for Ginsberg, Kennedy and Souter.)
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To: rednesss

PWR’s are a solid technology. We used to have a saying, BTW, “it may be screwed up it’s GE, but you can be sure if it’s Westinghouse”


150 posted on 04/09/2008 2:55:59 PM PDT by brivette
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