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I thought fast reactors were de facto banned in the US for civilian uses because of the proliferation concerns of the plutonium generated? Maybe this is exposi
by monocasa 5y ago
I thought fast reactors were de facto banned in the US for civilian uses because of the proliferation concerns of the plutonium generated? Maybe this is exposing the extent of my knowledge and not all fast reactors are breeder reactors?
- acidburnNSA 5y agoIt is commonly stated that 'recycling nuclear fuel was banned by Jimmy Carter and remains banned to this day'. While Jimmy Carter did put a moratorium on it in 1977, Regan actually lifted it in '81 [1]. [1] http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2014/ph241/parekh2/docs/RS22542.pdf http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2014/ph241/parekh2/docs/RS...