Re:German solar and wind are triple the cost of French nucle...
by ClumsyPilot on Sunday November 10, 2019 @12:51AM
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This figure sounds excessive, and it's not clear what is counted: no break down between high-level/low-level waste, and does not state if this is before or after chemical reprocessing, if this is before or after vitrification.
Going from first principles, France has 133 GWe of nuclear capacity, and each Gw reactor produces 27t of unprocessed waste a year. France reprocesses used fuel, of which > 95% is un-burnt uranium - this goes back into reactors.
Conservative estimate suggest that they produce <200t of waste a year. That's 3g per person!
Of that, only 1/5 is real long-lived waste.
There is no industrial process that produces less waste. These volumes are easily manageable.
Going from first principles, France has 133 GWe of nuclear capacity, and each Gw reactor produces 27t of unprocessed waste a year. France reprocesses used fuel, of which > 95% is un-burnt uranium - this goes back into reactors. Conservative estimate suggest that they produce <200t of waste a year. That's 3g per person! Of that, only 1/5 is real long-lived waste.
There is no industrial process that produces less waste. These volumes are easily manageable.
Check out diagram for what nuclear waste is made up of: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VyTCyizqrHs/TCWrO7OFt4I/AAAAAAAAIF...