Eli5 why can’t radioactive waste be used again? Why is it waste?
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Radioactive materials can be used till they are damn near inert. Breeder reactors create more fuel than they use. It’ the nature of that fuel that countries don’t like as it can be used to make weapons. There are newer reactors that mitigate this, but the world is so damn scared of the word ‘nuclear’ that it’s very difficult to build ANY reactor.
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