As the title says, I’m interested in this community’s perceptions on nuclear energy.

  • greengnu@slrpnk.net
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    1 year ago

    There is no such thing as clean energy; it is ultimately a question of what waste products we want to deal with and how long we expect them to last.

    Ironically coal was originally sold as a green alternative to cutting down trees and making charcoal.

    But if we repeal the ban on nuclear recycling, 95.3% of supposed nuclear waste becomes fuel we can put right back into reactors (as it is just unused fuel). The only actual waste products are the transuranics.

    https://www.thmsr.com/en/clean/

    • Nirile@slrpnk.netOP
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      1 year ago

      Why is there a ban on recycling if that much is reusable? I thought it was an issue with reactor design?

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        1 year ago

        It was created to subsidize the production of nuclear weapons during the cold war and ensure a massive stockpile for future use in the event of nuclear war.

        There are readily available chemical processes for separating out the waste from the pure fuel (we use them for processing the mined ore already)