Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoIf we found a way to compact nuclear energy for like cars or homes or whatever without the risk of exposure or an Atomic Bomb, why or why not would we use it considering how long it lasts?message-squaremessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down12
arrow-up117arrow-down1message-squareIf we found a way to compact nuclear energy for like cars or homes or whatever without the risk of exposure or an Atomic Bomb, why or why not would we use it considering how long it lasts?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square17linkfedilink
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·11 days agoReprocessing fuel is prohibitively expensive. https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/economics-reprocessing-vs-direct-disposal-spent-nuclear-fuel
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 days agoCool, let’s take some of the roughly $700 Billion spent on fossil fuel subsidies annually and apply it there instead of coal and natural gas plants.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·11 days agoI am more than okay with my tax dollars subsidizing reprocessing if it means significantly less nuclear waste sitting around.
Reprocessing fuel is prohibitively expensive.
https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/economics-reprocessing-vs-direct-disposal-spent-nuclear-fuel
Cool, let’s take some of the roughly $700 Billion spent on fossil fuel subsidies annually and apply it there instead of coal and natural gas plants.
I am more than okay with my tax dollars subsidizing reprocessing if it means significantly less nuclear waste sitting around.