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Anon questions our energy sector (slrpnk.net)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago (8 children)

85% of used fuel rods can be recycled to new fuel rods. And there's military uses for depleted uranium too. So, essentially every bit of the waste can be recycled. Can't say the same for fossil fuels.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (7 children)

"85% of used fuel rods can be recycled" is like "We can totally capture nearly all the carbon from burning fossil fuels and then remove the rest from the atmosphere by other means".

In theory it's correct. In reality it's bullshit that will never happen because it's completely uneconomical and it's just used as an excuse to not use the affordable technology we already have available and keep burning fossil fuels.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Yeah, you're not making any sense. How is the recyclability of nuclear fuel rods an excuse to keep burning fossil fuels? That's a massive leap in logic that demands an explanation.

[–] Gullible 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They’re saying that plausible uses don’t necessarily translate to real world use, in practice. I have no stake in this, just translating

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

While I understand where they're coming from, it should be noted that they're likely basing their experience with recyclability on plastic recycling which is totally a shit show. The big difference comes in when you realize that plastic is cheap as shit whereas uranium fuel rods are not.

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