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U.S. Pledge To Triple Global Nuclear Energy By 2050 (www.huffpost.com)

submitted 11 months ago by lntl@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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When I first read the titile, I thought that the US is going to have to build A LOT to triple global production. Then it occured to me that the author means the US is pledging to make deals and agreements which enable other countries to build their own. Sometimes I think the US thinks too much of itself and that's also very much part of American branding.

Where are my renewable bros at? Tell me this is bad.

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[-] chaogomu@kbin.social -1 points 11 months ago

The absolute worst of the waste is done being waste within about 300 years. I'm talking about the cesium and strontium.

Everything else that comes out of that reactor can technically go back in as fuel after a little reprocessing/breeding.

But that's illegal now due to fearmongering in the 70s.

About 95% of what comes out of a reactor is uranium. One percent is plutonium. The rest is a mix of cesium, strontium, iodine, xenon, and a mix of trace elements that are there, but decay too fast to even begin to capture.

I've got an old video of the full breakdown. It includes how much those elements sell for in industrial/medical use.