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"the re-use of irradiated fuel and is able to boost the usage rate of uranium materials at nuclear plants by 60 folds." Say again? That means you use more uran
by lutorm 16y ago
"the re-use of irradiated fuel and is able to boost the usage rate of uranium materials at nuclear plants by 60 folds."
Say again? That means you use more uranium...
- pjscott 16y agoThey're trying to use more of the uranium in the fuel, by extracting left-over U-235 and bred Pu-239 to use as fuel again. The U-238 can also be used in breeder reactors, once we get those going. It's recycling! Sort of.
- lutorm 16y agoYeah, but that better lower the usage rate, otherwise it won't last longer...