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Aren't there newer nuclear technologies that use alternative fissionable materials that have much shorter half-lives?
by UncleOxidant 5y ago
Aren't there newer nuclear technologies that use alternative fissionable materials that have much shorter half-lives?
- loeg 5y agoTo risk oversimplifying: the really harmful stuff has very short half-lives, and the stuff with long half-lives isn't especially harmful.
- eecc 5y agoIf you’re referring to Thorium and pebble bed, they’re both not proliferation safe and have their issues with ecological confinement of highly active waste. So unfortunately they never managed to overcome the initial “should we even seriously try it” cost/benefit analysis
- andbberger 5y agois the oil lobby performing the cost benefit analysis. because...