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Waste will be stored above ground in ponds until is become more economical to run it through a different nuclear cycle than dig up new nuclear fuel.
The above statement HAS ALWAYS been proven TRUE.
There was an article somewhere about how recycled waste has higher ppm concentrations of precious metals than commercial ORE. This means that for Gold and Copper we are closing the cyclic loops, and will likely transition to sustained development!!!
That statement is merely stupid. There has never been a viable next nuclear cycle other than the weapons vs power generation one, which are entirely different levels. There are no breeders in the world today, and there never will be again. It's just nonsense contocted by horny 10th grade males.
France used to have one, it was uneconomical to run.
What is meant is that humans can recognise the value of waste and knowing that it can be reprocessed if nessiary means that it will not be sealed away.
The 4th gen nuclear fuel cycles are on the way, far from today, but I speak of the future.
Your statement of 'no more breeders' flys in the face of experience. Some places burn trash for power, TRASH!
The Russians has a functioning Fast Breeder Reactor (560 MW) Beloyarsk 3
http://advancednano.blogspot.com/2007/04/status-of-nuclear-breeder-react...
Russia has funded and restarted construction on their 800MW fast breeder, which they also are discussing selling to Japan.
China has a 75 MWth FBR under construction scheduled for divergence in 2010
India is making FOUR 500 MW fast breeder reactors.
http://www.india-defence.com/reports/2854
Japan will be reopening the Monju reactor in 2008
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monju
So by 2008 back to two breeder reactors.
In 2010, 4 breeder reactors
In 2012, 5 breeders generating abot 2GW of power.
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About 8% of the nuclear waste (unburned fuel) (66000 tons/year) that is generated in the world each year is being reprocessed into MOX.
http://advancednano.blogspot.com/2007/04/status-of-nuclear-breeder-react...
COGEMA La Hague site, France 1700 tonnes/year
Thorp nuclear fuel reprocessing plant at Sellafield, United Kingdom
900 tonnes/year
Rokkasho nuclear fuel reprocessing plant, Japan
800 tonnes/year
Mayak, Russia 400 tonnes/year
B205 at Sellafield, United Kingdom 1500 tonnes/year
Kalpakkam Atomic reprocessing plant, India 275 tonnes/year
The French reprocessing has been going on for decades.
Do you not tire of being wrong?
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