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False: France has [1]. Double digits of France's electricity comes from reprocessed nuclear fuel. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Hague_site https://en.wi
by snovv_crash 7y ago
False: France has [1].
Double digits of France's electricity comes from reprocessed nuclear fuel.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Hague_site https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Hague_site
- suvsidhd 7y agoOP specifically referred to breeder reactors, which this is not. This is a reprocessing plant which “scrapes” fuel like Pu (which is not that radioactive) and puts it in a normal reactor. The nasties are all there still. Breeders “make” their own fuel from actual waste. The US and France had reader had breeder programs, but shut them down.