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My understanding is the reprocessing is more about trying to recover uranium and have a somewhat closed cycle rather than constantly try and import uranium from
by rtpg 3y ago
My understanding is the reprocessing is more about trying to recover uranium and have a somewhat closed cycle rather than constantly try and import uranium from mines? But my understanding is limited
- stephenr 3y agoI'm not an expert but my understanding is that MOX reprocessing does produce usable fuel, yes - but the point I was highlighting is that it's ridiculously expensive to do so.
- fomine3 3y agoJapan has never had nuclear final repository for obvious NIMBY and anti nuclear reason. Nuclear fuel cycle has been considered to the way to process nuclear "waste" in nuclear strategy. Fast reactor wasn't a thing but people thought it will be made in the future. Saving fuel is an another reason of course. Japan's fast reactor Monju is failed and there's no realistic plan to have a new one. Other western countries' projects had stopped. The cycle is now almost broken, but govt still need to say that it's in progress because it's terrible to say that we run nuclear plants but we don't have repository.