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Smarter Use of Nuclear Waste

William Hannum, Gerald Marsh, George Stanford
USA
2015
Argonne National Laboratory - Scientific American

William Hannum, Gerald Marsh, George Stanford -As today’s thermal reactors reach the end of their lifetimes, they could be replaced by fast reactors. Should that occur, there would be no need to mine any more uranium ore for centuries and no further requirement, ever, for uranium enrichment. For the very long term, recycling the fuel of fast reactors would be so efficient that currently available uranium supplies could last indefinitely.