From: nasadowsk@usermale.com

In article ,
 hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:

> In the 1950s there were proposals to power a train via a nuclear reactor.

A lot of French trains are powered by nuclear reactors - they have a
high % of electrification, and get 78% of their power from nukes.  The
Germans of course claim this can't possibly work, but like a lot of
things that can't possibly work, it does anyway, and it works very well.

THere are currently 5 nuclear plants under construction in the US, which
is at least a start.  They are all Westinghouse plants - 4 AP1000 and
one 4 loop.  The latter is watts bar 2, which might be completed this
year or next.  An interesting containment on that one...

GE is gone from the nuclear industry, and has netted virtually no orders
for the ESBWR, even though it was really a neat design (only a few
pumps, none safety related).

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