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== Our [[Molten salt reactor]] article ==

When you get the chance, could you take a look at this? It seems pretty one-sided. Furthermore, there have been a wide range of molten salt reactors but this article has been pretty much taken over by advocates of one variant, the liquid fluoride thorium reactor (LFTR). It seems to me we probably need one article for molten salt reactors and another LFTRs. To some extent, some non-engineering enthusiasts seem to be confusing reactor cooling variations (water vs. liquid salt, etc.) vs fuel cycles (thorium vs. uranium).

The LFTR reactor design has been getting a lot of [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704893604576200492192158916.html#articleTabs%3Dcomments%26commentId=2239698 hype] in the last 2 weeks; I'm instinctively wary of new (or resurrected) reactor designs that solve all the world's problems without any of the costs or issues associated with today's designs. They bring to mind some comments from Hyman Rickover almost 60 years ago (and still true):
*[[:q:en:Hyman G. Rickover#Paper Reactors, Real Reactors (1953)]]
I'm not saying these designs aren't promising -- just that it takes a ''lot'' of practical engineering work to get a design from the expert [http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/12/ff_new_nukes/ pages] of [[Wired (magazine)|Wired magazine]] to the real world of some commercial reactor site. In any event, we need a neutral article, especially now when the concept is getting a lot of hype after the Fukushima debacle.

I know you have some nuclear expertise and your review of this article would be helpful. I've left a [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Orlady&diff=420310786&oldid=420060553 similar message] for [[User:Orlady|Orlady]] who's worked on Oak Ridge-related articles.

Thanks! --<font face="Futura">[[User:A. B.|A. B.]] <sup>([[User talk:A. B.|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/A. B.|contribs]])</sup> </font> 12:55, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

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Hi, I'm George. Feel free to leave me a new message!

Status information - I was ill and off the net completely from Nov 24th through Nov 30th 2010 - This has obviously affected a number of ongoing activities here. I am back now, in the process of starting to catch up Tuesday afternoon (Nov 30th). I have a large number of emails, talk page comments, and other issues to deal with, and it will probably be some days before I'm done. My apologies to anyone who was affected by this outage.

Apparently, migraines and colds do mix - just not well. Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 00:00, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you had cold symptoms and what appeared to be one or more migraines, congratulations! There is a virus going round that causes precisely those symptoms. I've had it too, and so has one of my daughters. Hope you're feeling better now.--Elen of the Roads (talk) 00:12, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm. Interesting. I do get normal migraines, and the migraine medication supressed those symptoms, but a single source could explain it too.
I am feeling better now, it's just a deep hole to have to crawl out of.
Thanks. Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 20:57, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Excellent work putting your foot down in that incident, it had gone on far too long. Keep up the good effort! A Very Manly Man (talk) 07:40, 14 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Our Molten salt reactor article

When you get the chance, could you take a look at this? It seems pretty one-sided. Furthermore, there have been a wide range of molten salt reactors but this article has been pretty much taken over by advocates of one variant, the liquid fluoride thorium reactor (LFTR). It seems to me we probably need one article for molten salt reactors and another LFTRs. To some extent, some non-engineering enthusiasts seem to be confusing reactor cooling variations (water vs. liquid salt, etc.) vs fuel cycles (thorium vs. uranium).

The LFTR reactor design has been getting a lot of hype in the last 2 weeks; I'm instinctively wary of new (or resurrected) reactor designs that solve all the world's problems without any of the costs or issues associated with today's designs. They bring to mind some comments from Hyman Rickover almost 60 years ago (and still true):

I'm not saying these designs aren't promising -- just that it takes a lot of practical engineering work to get a design from the expert pages of Wired magazine to the real world of some commercial reactor site. In any event, we need a neutral article, especially now when the concept is getting a lot of hype after the Fukushima debacle.

I know you have some nuclear expertise and your review of this article would be helpful. I've left a similar message for Orlady who's worked on Oak Ridge-related articles.

Thanks! --A. B. (talk • contribs) 12:55, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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