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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The technology that you’re talking about is called a radioisotope thermoelectric generator.
You can read more about it on the Wikipedia page here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator

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