Re: Twenty Years Ago

You could use the spent fuel as more fuel. The reprocessing of spent fuel
extends the amount of time you can use and also decreases the radioactivity
of the waste. The French have been using breeder cycle reactors and sending
the waste to Japan to deal with.


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