Nuclear Fast Reactor: The Saviour of Nuclear Power?
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. That could dispose of the waste problem,
reducing the threat of radiation and nuclear proliferation, and at the
same time generate vast amounts of low-carbon…Read more...
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