Japan's Hitachi has begun further joint research with three US universities into the development of reactors that could use transuranic (TRU) elements as fuel. This could result in a significant decrease in the time needed for the decay in the radioactivity of used fuel. http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/WR-Hitachi-collaborates-on-TRU-consuming-reactor-development-2908144.html
Hitachi's concept for the RBWR |
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