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Not really the case. With reprocessing of current waste more fuel could be made easily. And we could find more U-235 if demand really went up.
by panick21_ 4y ago
Not really the case. With reprocessing of current waste more fuel could be made easily.
And we could find more U-235 if demand really went up.
- pfdietz 4y agoReprocessing of thermal burner reactor fuel causes only a marginal extension of the uranium resource. What would be needed are breeder reactors operating with a breeding ratio > 1. Otherwise, the vast majority of the 238U cannot be used.