Posted on March 11, 2008 by joannarooke
Posted on March 9, 2008 by Wyken Seagrave
Why don’t countries like Australia and Egypt use solar powered desalination plants and solar powered pumping stations to irrigate and green the deserts. Surely solar powered desalination plants could be part of the energy answer in the future? What do your scientists think?
Lynne Foster from Essex (Age 45-54)
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Posted on March 9, 2008 by Wyken Seagrave
Is it possible to design a pebble-bed nuclear reactor that could consume plutonium and deactivate nuclear waste? Is anyone in the UK doing this?
Brooke Ward from Oxfordshire (Age 55+)
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