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> It's a shame we don't do fuel reprocessing in the US. Not economical currently: uranium is too cheap (even with the extra enrichment that BWR/PWR reactors ne
by throw0101c 2y ago
> It's a shame we don't do fuel reprocessing in the US.
Not economical currently: uranium is too cheap (even with the extra enrichment that BWR/PWR reactors need).
It'd have to be run at a loss/subsidized. (Which wouldn't necessarily be a bad idea: run (a few?) small scale plant(s) just to maintain a knowledge base in case it was suddenly needed.)