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Thorium reactors: Cleaner, safer, easier nuclear energy

By Seriously Good News

Nuclear reactors that use Thorium instead of Uranium as a fuel have been under some discussion lately, and for a good reason. Thorium reactors need less fuel, produce less waste; and less dangerous waste, they can’t melt down and they produce no materials that can be reliably used to make nuclear bombs. Dispatch.com had a very... »

Using nuclear waste as fuel

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GE and Hitatchi have been playing with some ideas for a while on how to use the waste products from nuclear fission in the US. So far waste reprocessing has been criticized for being dangerous as it has produced a form of Plutonium that could be used for weapons. But GE and Hitatchi have come up... »