6 Things to do with Nuclear Waste: None of them Ideal
High-level
radioactive or nuclear waste is “spent” uranium fuel used in nuclear
reactors. This spent fuel is thermally hot and highly radioactive,
usually in the form of uranium 235 contained in ceramic pellets inside
metal rods. What do we do with this spent fuel? Right now, nothing
really, presumably we are waiting for a future generation to figure out
where to safely store it all. It will only be rendered harmless through a
process of decay that can take thousands of years. The US, which had
over 72,000 tons of nuclear waste as of…Read more...http://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Nuclear-Power/6-Things-to-do-with-Nuclear-Waste-None-of-them-Ideal.html
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