So if this happens it could clear 90k tons in 45 years while covering current waste production, and in reality if it's profitable and there's demand, in less time, as added capacity or competition allows
@johnkutsch7609
5 ай бұрын
So proud of your work - thank you for coming to TEAC12
@davidwilkie9551
5 ай бұрын
Planet saving stuff.
@Th-233
4 ай бұрын
Is the proposed HOPE reactor only intended to burn transuranics while producing U-233? Since the spent fuel will eventually run out, would it not make sense to transition some (or all) of them into plutonium iso-breeders, using excess neutrons to continue producing U-233 at a reduced rate, but indefinitely? Long term, the value of U-233 will probably far outweigh any subsidy that might be received for destroying "waste", both in terms of increased deployment rate of thermal breeders, and profit from U-223 sales. Hopefully, incentives will not encourage a race to burn it all for short term profit, rather than building more iso-breeding thorium converters.
@davidmacquigg4267
4 ай бұрын
I'm not happy with his answer to the question on proliferation barriers. Fission products can be separated from plutonium as easily as separating uranium. It looks like ultimately we will have to depend on weapons-level security to prevent diversion. That can be done in a few secure locations, but then how do we prevent insecure countries from getting into the reprocessing business?
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