It’s Time to Give Up on Breeder Reactors
By Thomas B. Cochran, Harold A. Feiveson, Zia Mian, M.V. Ramana, Mycle Schneider, Frank von Hippel | Issue Article | May 1, 2010
Since the dawn of the nuclear age, nuclear energy advocates have dreamed of a reactor that could produce more fuel than it used. More than 60 years and $100 billion later, that vision remains as far from reality as ever.
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Issue: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Volume 66 Issue 3
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Thomas B. Cochran
Nuclear physicist Thomas Cochran is a former senior scientist at the Natural Resource Defense Council's (NRDC) Nuclear Program and a former member of ... Read More
Harold A. Feiveson
Harold A. Feiveson is a senior research scientist at Princeton University's Program on Science and Global Security. ... Read More
M.V. Ramana
M.V. Ramana is the Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security and a professor at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, ... Read More
Mycle Schneider
Schneider is an independent energy and nuclear policy consultant based in Paris. He has consulted for, among others, the Belgian energy minister, the ... Read More
Frank von Hippel
Member, Board of Sponsors Frank N. von Hippel is a professor of Public and International Affairs emeritus, Princeton University, a ... Read More
