Yes and no. Nuclear in the us sucks, using 60 year old technology that produces 100x more waste than newer technologies. The waste from us reactors can literally be used to fuel other reactor types.
There is still a waste problem from newer reactors, but it is 100s of times smaller than what is nuclear detractors state.
we definitely do have ways to recycle it, down to a half life of 10 years in many estimates. but we dont do that because our government has a boner for nuclear bombs of many varieties, which reprocessing would hinder the production of
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Yes and no. Nuclear in the us sucks, using 60 year old technology that produces 100x more waste than newer technologies. The waste from us reactors can literally be used to fuel other reactor types.
There is still a waste problem from newer reactors, but it is 100s of times smaller than what is nuclear detractors state.
we definitely do have ways to recycle it, down to a half life of 10 years in many estimates. but we dont do that because our government has a boner for nuclear bombs of many varieties, which reprocessing would hinder the production of