02-15-2010, 02:18 PM
Quote:No, I'm blaming Carter for stopping reprocessing in the name of non-proliferation. 98% of what comes out of a reactor is still usable fuel. Right now, every nuclear power plant in the world will pull about 15 to 20 tons of fuel out every year and literally throw it away where as only about 100lb to 200lb of that is true waste.
I don't think this is true. In the US, sure, but I thought France was reprocessing pretty much everything and that a few other EU countries had started to as well. Maybe I'm thinking about something else, but I really seem to recall a big stink about France and the breeder reactors they were using for reprocessing.
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It's all just zeroes and ones and duct tape in the end.
It's all just zeroes and ones and duct tape in the end.