They’re, arguably, the only country left with a serious nuclear industry. One that can propose a new reactor design and follow up to commercialization. The US’ got lazy, the European was good, but never innovative,…
OP separates reprocessing from breeding. His statement is clear that no one, except Russia, breeds. 100 years for reprocessed waste? Do cite!
One reason would be that the ALMR uses liquid metal, and the onus is on the nuclear industry to convince us that liquid sodium isn’t a terrible idea. ‘S/sodium/whatever other metal you prefer/‘
Breeder reactors are fast reactors. “Fast” refers to neutron energy that “Breeds” new fuel. Yes, the west has done research and maybe a couple of demo reactors of insignificant power. But only the Soviets, and then the…
OP specifically referred to breeder reactors, which this is not. This is a reprocessing plant which “scrapes” fuel like Pu (which is not that radioactive) and puts it in a normal reactor. The nasties are all there…
They’re, arguably, the only country left with a serious nuclear industry. One that can propose a new reactor design and follow up to commercialization. The US’ got lazy, the European was good, but never innovative,…
OP separates reprocessing from breeding. His statement is clear that no one, except Russia, breeds. 100 years for reprocessed waste? Do cite!
One reason would be that the ALMR uses liquid metal, and the onus is on the nuclear industry to convince us that liquid sodium isn’t a terrible idea. ‘S/sodium/whatever other metal you prefer/‘
Breeder reactors are fast reactors. “Fast” refers to neutron energy that “Breeds” new fuel. Yes, the west has done research and maybe a couple of demo reactors of insignificant power. But only the Soviets, and then the…
OP specifically referred to breeder reactors, which this is not. This is a reprocessing plant which “scrapes” fuel like Pu (which is not that radioactive) and puts it in a normal reactor. The nasties are all there…