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It would be miracle fuel if any country in the world would have solved the waste problem by now. Finland is close, but still not done.
by wasmitnetzen 4y ago
It would be miracle fuel if any country in the world would have solved the waste problem by now. Finland is close, but still not done.
- vbezhenar 4y agoRussia recycles nuclear waste into nuclear fuel.
- watsocd 4y agoResearch what France does. They recycle the waste because it is not waste, it just needs processing and can be used again. https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/frances-efficiency-in-the-nuclear-fuel-cycle-what-can-oui-learn https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/frances-efficiency-in-t...
- wasmitnetzen 4y agoThey're not reducing their waste to zero, so that's not a full solution to the waste problem.
- atomlib 4y agoWell, my home is powered with a miracle then. https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/BN-800-running-on-60-MOX https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/BN-800-running-o... > BN-800 running on 60% MOX > The reactor core itself was refuelled and is now using 60% mixed uranium-plutonium oxide fuel, supplied by TVEL and manufactured at its Zheleznogorsk site. The plutonium for this was produced from uranium during the operation of other nuclear power plants and recovered from the used fuel assemblies through reprocessing.