5 дней назад · Newcleo's reactor uses molten lead as a coolant instead of water. This design is known as a 'fast reactor' and it can use spent uranium and plutonium as fuel.

26 сент. 2023 г. · When using fast reactors in a closed fuel cycle, one kilogram of nuclear waste can be recycled multiple times until all the uranium is used.

9 мар. 2023 г. · A a few are even in commercial operation today, like the Russian BN-800 reactor. https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Beloyarsk-BN-800- ...

2 июн. 2022 г. · There are about 80,000 metric tonnes of used fuel from light-water nuclear reactors in the United States and the existing nuclear fleet produces ...

31 мая 2022 г. · Our results show that most small modular reactor designs will actually increase the volume of nuclear waste in need of management and disposal.

1 мар. 2013 г. · Fast reactors are a versatile and flexible technology that promises to create or "breed" more fuel by converting nuclear "waste" into "fissile" material.

17 июн. 2021 г. · The electricity generated from nuclear reactors results in small amount of waste and has been managed responsibly since the dawn of civil nuclear power.

27 февр. 2020 г. · INL is using spent fuel from the Experimental Breeder Reactor-II, a nuclear power station that provided electricity for much of the lab for ...

20 мая 2024 г. · MSRs can use a range of fuels, such as uranium, plutonium, actinides from nuclear waste and thorium, depending on whether they are operating as ...

Radioactive (or nuclear) waste is a byproduct from nuclear reactors, fuel processing plants, hospitals and research facilities. Background · High-Level Waste · Storage and Disposal