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> Does anyone have links for such reactors? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_reactor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_reactor you also need https://e
by ars 5y ago
> Does anyone have links for such reactors?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_reactor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_reactor you also need https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_reprocessing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_reprocessing to remove https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_poison https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_poison which would stop the reaction.
If we did that, there would be no nuclear waste left. (Or more specifically all the waste would decay very fast, and not be a long term problem.)
- a9h74j 5y ago> if we did that Some "we" and/or some "they". Russia seems to be intent and making advances toward closing the fuel cycle, in efforts IMHO severely underreported on HN. (It might be better that way. I have seen reticence to stir up jealousy or something in the Anglosphere. Let them [ignorantly] go about their business.)