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Uh, what about the yearly production of nuclear waste by the French energy sector? Do they have a long term solution for that? And what about decommissioning ol
by eecc 6y ago
Uh, what about the yearly production of nuclear waste by the French energy sector? Do they have a long term solution for that? And what about decommissioning old power plants? They’re currently deciding whether to run them another 10 years beyond their 40 years design lifetime. (Great way to postpone a problem, by the way)
- steeve 6y agoYes, it’s called CIGEO. For the record, the whole of France’s nuclear fuel waste since the 50’s is a 15mx15mx15m cube. Also, that 40 years numbers is a financial one, not a technical or design one. Some reactors based on the same designs have been validated for 60 years in the US.
- eecc 6y agoWell, minus what they purified to make weapons. That’s the problem with spent fuel: you either toss it, but it’s still recyclable and burnable again or you recycle it, and you’re inevitably left with some bomb grade material that flies in the face of all international agreements of non-proliferation. Anyhow, CIGEO build still needs to start and how many years of future capacity does it allow for? Many reactors were designed to run 40-50 years and they’ve been lengthened to procrastinate costly dismantling and maintain production without new builds (which are, at this point, highly uneconomical)