Copenhagen Atomics' reactor fits in a 40ft shipping container and burns nuclear waste and Thorium, for example. https://www.copenhagenatomics.com/technology/ ht

Copenhagen Atomics' reactor fits in a 40ft shipping container and burns nuclear waste and Thorium, for example. https://www.copenhagenatomics.com/technology/ https://www.copenhagenatomics.com/technology/ : > Burning spent nuclear fuel by kickstarting our reactors on long-lived "waste" left in spent fuel we're able to convert it to fission products, which only needs to be stored for 300 years There was a presentation that suggested that a cue ball of Thorium would supply enough energy for the average bear's lifetime energy use? Nuclear Transmutation of nuclear waste would presumably be handled like any other processing capability. If there is laser nuclear Transmutation of nuclear waste, it's presumably a near-range capability. If there is laser nuclear Transmutation of nuclear waste, that's basically a more efficient reactor design FWIU. There are microbes that eat waste and self replicate. Nuclear Fusion can produce He3 and ship that around as a critical input instead of enriched Uranium or nastier FWIU. Almost everything on this planet survives directly or indirectly off solar, with thermophiles that transmute old wells into crystals being an exception.