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Alexander C. Kaufman
@kaufman
Nuclear waste can be recycled — the French, Japanese and Russians do — and there are a bunch of companies aiming to do just that in the coming years.
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Señor Doggo
@fubuloubu
French are something like 99.999% at using the fuel I'm actually curious why French reactors aren't on sale more globally
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Thibauld
@thibauld
And, *even if* it could not be recycled, the amount of waste generated is absolutely negligible compared to the energy produced + we know how to store waste underground in a very secure manner. I could understand the nuclear waste argument for very tiny countries where space is scarce, but in the US....
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Lennix
@0xlennixx.eth
Why is the word “nuclear” always associated with war? I hope war never happens (this is just in my mind).
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AuntiePapi
@auntiepapi.eth
Essentially is the waste being recycled into more power?
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rileybeans
@rileybeans
thorium salt reactors recycle the nuclear waste by design :)
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Koolkheart
@koolkheart.eth
This is the kind of advancement that could redefine nuclear power. If more companies successfully commercialize nuclear recycling, we might finally see a real shift in how the world thinks about clean energy
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Thomas Mattimore
@mattimost.eth
It’s also not very much waste. Decades of waste from a plant can be stored in a barrel. Bury it in concrete and be done. Less impact on environment than all the other stuff.
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Jared 🎩
@javabu.eth
Great to hear. I didn’t realize that.
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@samgslastlife
Legit question, does the Nuclear industry just not spend money on PR? Or is the negative stigma just that much more powerful than any marketing or educational materials could overcome? If nuclear is significantly safer and producing less waste and I’m assuming more technologically sound than it was in the past, what do you think the real path would be to get more of the general public to embrace it? Is it a trust issue? Or simply an information gap?
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Konohime
@konohime.eth
I'm not an expert, but for those who are interested in the topic (in French, sorry) https://www.sfen.org/rgn/dechets-radioactifs-verite-faits-exactitude-chiffres/
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