Burning waste or playing with fire? Waste management considerations for non-traditional reactors

By Lindsay Krall, Allison Macfarlane | August 31, 2018

A schematic of TerraPower's Molten Chloride Fast Reactor A schematic of TerraPower's Molten Chloride Fast Reactor

Why some advanced nuclear reactor technologies—funded for their supposed waste management benefits—will actually exacerbate spent fuel disposal issues.

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Secundius
Secundius
5 years ago

What ever happended to the “PAWDS” (Plasma Arc Waste Disposal System)!/? Wasn’t that what it was Constructed For…

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