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> There’s no lasting solution for the most dangerous refuse from the country’s 906 nuclear waste sites That is simply untrue. If you combine https://en.wikipe
by ars 7y ago
> There’s no lasting solution for the most dangerous refuse from the country’s 906 nuclear waste sites
That is simply untrue.
If you combine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_reprocessing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_reprocessing with a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_reactor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_reactor you can burn up all the dangerous isotopes and safely use their energy.
You only need to store it for around 100 years, after which the radioactivity is very low.
It's an economics problem, not a physics one.
- mjevans 7y agoA political problem. The economics isn't even really an issue since it makes more sense logically on a long term investment schedule.