Argonne Video Highlights Nuclear Fuel Recyling Research

Argonne Video Highlights Nuclear Fuel Recycling Research A closed fuel cycle that uses existing recycling technology for nuclear fuel could provide thousands of years worth of power using only the uranium mined to date. To that end, scientists at Argonne National Laboratory in suburban Chicago are refining a technique known as pyroprocessing that uses an electrical current run through molten salts to chemically separate fission products and transuranics from usable uranium left in spent reactor fuel. This video offers a broad overview of that research, including its potential for fueling an advanced fast-spectrum reactor. View Video http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2013/02/20/argonne-video-highlights-nuclear-fuel-recycling-research-022002.aspx