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There's Pu238 in our nuclear fuel rods, we aren't allowed to reprocess spent fuel to extract it.
by adrr 14y ago
There's Pu238 in our nuclear fuel rods, we aren't allowed to reprocess spent fuel to extract it.
- uvdiv 14y agoThat's worthless because it's contaminated with other isotopes of plutonium. Pure Pu-238 is made by irradiating Np-237, which comes from spent fuel but is already separated in very large amounts in the US. I think the main setback is funding.
- excuse-me 14y agoIt's useless in a fissile device, perfectly usable as a nuclear battery. Waste Pu238 it's a bit dirty if it explodes because of all the other stuff that's mixed in with it - but it's only Florida.