Archibald
Banned
Here's a thought. Could Jimmy Carter be turned on to MSRs instead of solar power? I don't know much about Carter, except that he opposed the LMFBR in part due to proliferation concerns, which are one of the MSR's big selling points. Could a chance meeting between the future president and Alvin Weinberg in, say, the late 70s yield results?
what was left of Oak Ridge supporters actually did their best to sell the MSR as a proliferation-proof reactor, until 1980.
But perhaps because they lacked a strong, well-known leader, their excellent work didn't go anywhere.
Now Weinberg, born in 1915, would be 65 - retirement age - in 1980. Perhaps he could have remained boss of Oak Ridge until then ?
I have to document over Carter (failed) atempts at killing the LMFBR. Perhaps I should try and tweak history so that Reagan can't bring the thing back after 1980.