Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down13
arrow-up116arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 month agoReprocessing fuel is prohibitively expensive. https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/economics-reprocessing-vs-direct-disposal-spent-nuclear-fuel
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month 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-down2·1 month 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.