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Re:The USSR used a nuclear charge to stop a gas well fire in... by adrianN on Thursday October 02, 2014 @09:44AM (#8400663)
If we wanted to, we could build breeder reactors that burn >90% of what we call waste today and leave only isotopes with relatively short half-lives.
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Re:The USSR used a nuclear charge to stop a gas well fire in... by the_solution on Monday October 06, 2014 @09:07AM (#8415631)
France tried doing that. I suggest you have a look how it turned out. Hint: It's an absoluty disaster in practice.
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