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...other big money item in the R. and D. budget is the breeder reactor, the machine that will produce energy in the next generation of nuclear (fission) power plants. This promising device, which creates (or breeds) slightly more fuel than it consumes, has been heavily funded ever since Nixon called for its fast development in 1971. Though other nations-most notably the U.S.S.R.-have prototype breeders, the U.S. does not. Its breeder program now gets $365.6 million a year. Next year, the report says, that amount should jump to $515.5 million, and a total of $2.8 billion should...
...Mississippi television station executive is trying to intervene in Mississippi Power and Light's plans to build a 2500-megawatt dual reactor nuclear power plant in Port Gibson, Miss...
McGrath also said yesterday that he considers the proposed plant's emergency core cooling system inadequate. The cooling system, he says, would go into operation when the plant's nuclear reactor reached 2300 degrees Fahrenheit, but the reactor would start to melt at 1700 degrees...
...proposed plant's first 1250-megawatt reactor is scheduled for completion in 1981, and the second in 1983. The plant will be called the Grant Gulf Nuclear Power Plant...
...nonetheless recognizes that such caution still does not satisfy opponents of nuclear plants. Critics are especially concerned about the AEC-designed emergency core-cooling system, a backup device that is supposed to supply cooling water to the hot reactor in the event that the main water system breaks down. They point out that no one-including the AEC'S own experts-is sure it will work. Reason: the system has been tested only with theoretical computer models. But, says Ray, "most big projects are designed this way. NASA did not destroy an Apollo spacecraft to test how much stress...