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Nuclear waste is reusable. Why aren’t we doing it? (www.youtube.com)
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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (3 children)

We do...

The US military sells our "spent" fuel to France who refines it and uses it.

Why do people always want to learn about nuclear energy from YouTube videos made by teenagers with no clue how nuclear power works?

[–] quoll@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 3 months ago

...err the video is 90% a tour of the ORANO La Hague spent fuel recycling facility... by adults.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

how much though? I was under the impression that the vast majority of US nuclear fuel is "once through" and the waste goes into long term storage.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh really?

For its part, the US Energy Department, which owns almost 50 tons of excess Cold War plutonium, contracted with the French government-owned nuclear-fuel cycle company, Areva (now Orano), in 2008 to build a MOX fuel fabrication plant. But the United States switched to a “dilute and dispose” policy for its excess plutonium in 2017 after the estimated cost of the MOX plant grew from $2.7 billion to $17 billion.

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That does have most of the same words, so I could see why a search engine thought it was relevant...

But did you read it? Even just the part you quoted?

Like, that's talking about cold war plutonium...

That's not what used military reactor fuel is...

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

So do you have a source on that?