GROWING FUEL

Figure 2 below is a diagram of a liquid metal fast breeder reactor taken from "The Breeder Reactor - Affordable Energy Forever'' by Bernard L. Cohen in 21st Century, Spring 1995, available from P. O. Box 16285, Washington, DC 20041. This reactor produces more fuel than it uses. It converts uranium 238 into plutonium 239 while it is generating heat to produce electricity. This article also contains an excellent section demolishing the myth of unacceptable plutonium toxicity. In every imaginable use, large and small, there should be a lot of these reactors in our future.