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Anon questions our energy sector (slrpnk.net)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nuclear: As long as you don't care about the magic rocks once the magic has decayed to a level where they're not boiling water anymore

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

90% of magic rocks that no longer boil wsater is magic rocks that can boil water.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you're talking breeder reactors, do we have any in the US?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

If you're talking breeder reactors

I was talking about reusing uranium from "spent" fuel, not about using plutonium. Found source that says "spent" fuel is 95-98% mix of uranium isotopes that were there. Sadly, source doesn't say how much of each isotope, I expect very low amount of U-235. Yes, you can also use plutonium in MOX fuel, but only Russia~~, France~~ and China do that, as far as I know.

do we have any in the US?

Dunno. Do you? If you don't, you can buy them from mentioned above countries.

EDIT: France no longer has working breeder reactor? How did it happen?