• evranch@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Unfortunately most reactors are not breeders and we are trying our best to lock the waste away forever which ruins any chance of recovery when we finally do migrate to breeder cycles. I like to compare our current reactors to burning just the bark off of logs and then tossing the rest in a smoldering heap, with 95-99% of the energy still retained in the waste.

    Breeder reactors would indeed extend the long term viability of nuclear fission immensely, we should be using them exclusively.

    • nicman24@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      you do not need a breeder to recycle most of it. also that 95% is still there for future us to use when we are able to.