Are Fast-Breeder Reactors A Nuclear Power Panacea?

Are Fast-Breeder Reactors A Nuclear Power Panacea?

 

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by BreakthroughInstitut

Plutonium is the nuclear nightmare. A by-product of conventional power-station reactors, it is the key ingredient in nuclear weapons. And even when not made into bombs, it is a million-year radioactive waste legacy that is already costing the world billions of dollars a year to contain.