Are Fast-Breeder Reactors A Nuclear Power Panacea?

Are Fast-Breeder Reactors A Nuclear Power Panacea?

By Breakthrough Institute - 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. And yet, some scientists say, we have the technology to burn plutonium in a new generation of "fast" reactors.  » Continue...