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		dmos62 on Jan 7, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nuclear lighthouses built by the Soviets in the Ar... And it's even more likely that we'll end up reusing them, increasing economic efficiency of nuclear fuel.

m4rtink on Jan 7, 2021 [–]

Exactly this - today's nuclear waste is tomorrow's nuclear fuel (+ some other useful and expensive materials mixed in).

Actually in some countries nuclear waste is already (part of) today's fuel using existing reprocessing technology.

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