Isn’t nuclear waste hot and releasing neutrons or electrons or whatever? Why can’t we just throw nuclear waste in a chamber surrounded by water to heat it up and generate power?
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Bill Gates funded research for new types of reactors and they engineered a reactor that does not go into meltdown in all case power is off and there’s no generator (so incredibly safe) and can run on nuclear waste. They were suppose to open the first one as a trial in China, had an agreement and then Trump vetoed it. Of course without options to do it in US. So the technology is there, we just let it rot.
The ‘no nuclear power, let’s use wind’ folks are not helping, as all they do is stop the progress of better technology. Renewable energy is great, but we’re just not there yet, like not even remotely, except with countries that are geographically blessed (Like Norway). Nuclear energy can be sustainable and safe IF you allow the funding of new models, instead of making everyone use the outdated engineering, like Fukushima was.
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