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In the form of Plutonium? Perhaps. In the form of U-238? Perhaps too, but look near enrichment plants and you will see yards full of steel cylinders filled wit
by chickenbig 2y ago
In the form of Plutonium? Perhaps.
In the form of U-238? Perhaps too, but look near enrichment plants and you will see yards full of steel cylinders filled with depleted Uranium hexafluoride.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.2635448,-2.9592278,327m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.2635448,-2.9592278,327m/da...
So the spent fuel does not contain valuable energy. Better off removing the requirement to be able to retrieve it and just get on with disposing of it.