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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (681144)10/26/2012 3:56:45 AM
From: Joe NYC1 Recommendation   of 1574053
 
There are places to store that stuff.
It may not even need to be a place to store the stuff. "Spent" fuel rods have only a small amount portion that is really spent. Large percentage of potential energy is still there. Which is why it probably does not make sense to send it to Yucca Mountain.

This nuclear "waste" is not really waste, but a treasure. It can be re-processed, removing portions that are trully spent. This spent portion has much shorter half life, and becomes harmless in decades to a century (not 100s of thousands of years). The rest (majority) of the spent fuel rods can be combined with fresh fuel and used again in nuclear power plants.
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