New_Sun6390 t1_j3qr8iy wrote
Nuclear is safe, except for that pesky problem of disposing of spent fuel rods with a half-life of 10,000 years. Maine had been there and done that. We JUST finished paying for Maine Yankee decommissioning.
Super-Lychee8852 t1_j3qsxfk wrote
Modern plant designs have storage on site that can hold quite a bit and we're discovering methods of recycling the waste product. France for example is recycling 96% of their fuel rods into a slightly less efficient fuel to be used in smaller output plants.
IamSauerKraut t1_j3u66p1 wrote
>we're discovering methods of recycling the waste product
Patently false.
JDretta t1_j3rvtw3 wrote
Can you elaborate on what you mean by “just finished paying for decommissioning”?
New_Sun6390 t1_j3tweqq wrote
Decommissioning was completed in 2005 but the costs were in utility rates years beyond that. They were deferred to limit sticker shock on customer electric bills.
IamSauerKraut t1_j3u64vn wrote
>Nuclear is safe, except for that pesky problem of disposing of spent fuel rods with a half-life of 10,000 years.
Half lives of Uranium isotopes run into the 100's of 1000's of years. Most common used in nukes is 700,000 years. Next common is about 5 billion years.
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