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To be honest, I think we should keep the spent fuel handy. Right now it's just a nuisance, but when we develop fast neutron reactors, we'll be able to burn U-23
by credit_guy 4y ago
To be honest, I think we should keep the spent fuel handy. Right now it's just a nuisance, but when we develop fast neutron reactors, we'll be able to burn U-238, and more than 90% of the spent fuel is U-238. We won't do this tomorrow, but if the SMR's get the nuclear industry going again, we might have fast reactors in 2 or 3 decades. At which point, having one hundred thousand tons of fuel around won't hurt.