Burning waste or playing with fire? Waste management considerations for non-traditional reactors
By Lindsay Krall, Allison Macfarlane, August 31, 2018
Why some advanced nuclear reactor technologies—funded for their supposed waste management benefits—will actually exacerbate spent fuel disposal issues.
As the coronavirus crisis shows, we need science now more than ever.
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Lindsay Krall
Lindsay Krall is a MacArthur Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation. ...
Allison Macfarlane
Allison Macfarlane is a professor of Science Policy and International Affairs at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs, and director of the Institute for I...
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