Russia Unveils Detailed Plans To Build 21 New Nuclear Power Units By 2030

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74. 100% WRONG as ALWAYS

intaglio,

You didn't read the interview with Dr. Till.

Argonne developed a NEW PROCESS; instead of the previous chemical processing (PUREX or REDOX ); Argonne developed a metallurgical process also called pyroprocessing.

You DO reuse ALL the material. because the reprocessing is done AT the reactor, in the high radiation area.

It doesn't matter that material is radioactive. The reason you don't want recycled fuel to be intensely radioactive when the chemical process is used is because the recycling is not done on site. That means the recycled fuel has to be shipped and handled by humans.

The Argonne process dispenses with all that. The reprocessing is done on site and remotely; so it doesn't matter if material is radioactive; it just gets re-used.

The reprocessing doesn't have to be 100% efficient. The material is recycled over and over; so eventually the total process approaches 100% efficiency.

You haven't made the case that 100% efficiency is necessary. This is a common ploy for the anti-nukes; argue that something is not 100% efficient because nothing is. The problem for them is that it doesn't have to be.

Are you 100% efficient when you clean the ashes from your fireplace? NOPE! There will still be some residue in the fireplace. Does it matter? Does it prevent the fireplace from being used? NOPE!! Will ash accumulate because you are not 100% efficient? NOPE. After 5 years down the road; do you think much of the ash that remains in the fireplace after cleaning was created during a fire you had last week? NOPE!! Over the years; even though you aren't 100% efficient; you will get nearly 100% of last week's fire's ashes. In the meantime; it doesn't prevent you from using the fireplace.

Likewise here. Again THIS HAS BEEN DONE Argonne operated the IFR pyroprocessing for OVER A DECADE and there were NO PROBLEMS.

The pyroprocessing technology works.

We aren't using this technology, because as Dr. Till explains; our Congressional leaders LIED to each other and passed laws to prevent the use of the technology.

A technology isn't a failed technology because politicians outlaw it based on LIES they told each other.

The good thing about science is that it is true, whether or not you believe in it.

PamW