General Fusion to build demonstration plant in UK

Re:General Fusion to build demonstration plant in UK by StreamBright on Thursday June 17, 2021 @12:30PM (#27541455)

This is the 1990's view on the subject. There were several projects to address the fission leftover problem. Some of these:

- Method to Reduce Long-lived Fission Products by Nuclear Transmutations with Fast Spectrum Reactors https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-14319-7

- Fast-neutron reactor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast-neutron_reactor

- Evolution of transuranium isotopic composition in power reactors and innovative nuclear systems for transmutation https://inspirehep.net/literature/1243003

And few other things. It is possible to have nuclear power with shorter byproducts than thousands of years.

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Re:General Fusion to build demonstration plant in UK by Kirby64 on Thursday June 17, 2021 @03:17PM (#27543399)

Given that the US has only 1 reactor that was commercially put into operation after 1990s [1], it's a pretty realistic way to look at it in the US.

Newer reactors and spent fuel reprocessing are definitely ways to solve the issue, but the fact is you still create those nasty byproducts in the traditional reactors today.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_the_United_St...

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Re:General Fusion to build demonstration plant in UK by AtlasBarfed on Thursday June 17, 2021 @11:57PM (#27547213)

Well if you're talking about a in-development fusion reactor, then it's fair to use in-development fission reactors for comparison.

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