Mustachius_Grumpius@thelemmy.club to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 hours agoExclusive: Clean tech startup Fluxnium found a way to tap 50,000 years' worth of nuclear fueltechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up120
arrow-up120external-linkExclusive: Clean tech startup Fluxnium found a way to tap 50,000 years' worth of nuclear fueltechcrunch.comMustachius_Grumpius@thelemmy.club to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 hours agomessage-square7linkfedilink
minus-squareExplodedgrains@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 hours agoCheck out the 4th gen liquid metal-cooled breeder reactors. Those designs virtually eliminate the long-term radioactive waste produced by older reactor designs.
minus-squaresusieq0044@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 hours agoI did just that. There’s NO benefit against a load of wind turbines or photovoltaic.
minus-squarerichardwallass@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoNone are commercial. Since 2021 China have 1 commercial HTR-PM but it cannot be used to recycle nuclear fuel directly.
Check out the 4th gen liquid metal-cooled breeder reactors. Those designs virtually eliminate the long-term radioactive waste produced by older reactor designs.
I did just that. There’s NO benefit against a load of wind turbines or photovoltaic.
None are commercial.
Since 2021 China have 1 commercial HTR-PM but it cannot be used to recycle nuclear fuel directly.