If radioactive waste emits heat, why can’t we use it to produce energy?

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If radioactive waste emits heat, why can’t we use it to produce energy?

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Answer 1

We *can* use it to produce energy, and on rare occasions we do, for stuff like powering space probes. But there aren’t many other good opportunities to use it – it’s hard to use because it’s, ya know, radioactive. Extremely radioactive.