Nuclear power is the fastest way to slash greenhouse gas emissions, decarbonize

Re:Nuclear power is the fastest way to slash greenhouse gas ... by rocqua on Sunday April 07, 2019 @02:56AM (#19595228)

What are the radioactive properties of the end product like? E.g. does this produce waste with longer half lives? Lower initial radiation?

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Re:Nuclear power is the fastest way to slash greenhouse gas ... by DennisP on Sunday April 07, 2019 @06:20AM (#19595924)

The waste from fast reactors is just the fission products. It's about 1% as much waste by volume as conventional reactors. Encased it in glass, and the overall mix will be back to the radioactivity of the original ore in a couple centuries.

The waste from conventional reactors is the fission products plus lots of U238, a fair amount of plutonium, some U235, and various transuranics. The transuranics and plutonium are the really long-lived radioactive waste.

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Re:Nuclear power is the fastest way to slash greenhouse gas ... by petre on Sunday April 07, 2019 @03:29AM (#19595361)

https://youtu.be/rv-mFSoZOkE

Longer half-lives = less radioactivity.

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