Re:Steep decline in nuclear power would threaten energy secu...
by politician on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @06:04PM
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Not only that, but the only reason nuclear waste is dangerous is that it's radioactive. That is, it's a radiating source of energy. In other words, nuclear waste is dangerous because it's full of unused energy.
The French use breeder reactors to extract this unused energy for more energy. We are literally choosing not to burn all of the nuclear material we have.
It's like taking a train that's got 20 cars full of coal, burning the coal in the first car, and then disposing the "waste coal" in the rest of the cars in a landfill while wringing our hands about the environmental problems that causes.
Future Breeder Reactor Plants on Wikipedia
Even if new batteries are made of non toxic and recyclable materials, our phones, our electronic is littered with it. And future materials are probably going to be even more exotic.