From Robert Kisch.
PATRICK Cooper (JEP, 2 March) questions whether the electric car undergoing JEC tests can be classed as ‘green’.

The heat energy released during a nuclear chain reaction drives a turbo-generator which supplies the electricity supply directly. There is no atmospheric pollution at all, unlike burning hydrocarbons to produce heat energy.

The electrical energy is used directly to power the electricity supply. From this, a 13 amp standard socket is used with a charging unit for the car battery to store the electrical energy over-night. This is exactly the same electricity that provides clean lighting, cooking and a variety of other domestic and industrial uses. From the nuclear reactor to the domestic supply there is no atmospheric pollution. Even 97% of the ‘ash-coated’ used fuel rods is recovered for further use, with only 3% fresh fuel added. Of the residue, 1% is recovered plutonium for use in even more efficient breeder reactors. The 2% waste still has a residual energy value to be recovered when a viable supply is accumulated. The CERN organisation in Geneva has full details of the process by Professor Carlo Rubbia entitled ‘Energy Amplifier’. In the meantime, this waste is vitrified and stored. It is a very small volume.

I can assure Patrick Cooper and others that the car powered by electricity generated from the heat energy of the atomic system is clean, ‘green’ and the transport of choice in the future.
Chemin du Moulin,
St Ouen.