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Given that almost all of the fuel waste from LWRs is potentially useable with future fast breeder reactor technology with periodic reprocessing, rather than planning to dispose of this waste we should instead be storing it for future use. The goal should be to design reactors today to produce waste that has optimal usefulness as future fuel. I am thinking that safe fast breeder reactors are about a 40 years away from being widely deployed, so it doesn't have to be stored all that long. So:
1. what changes could be made to existing reactors and fuel bundle design to optimize the usefulness of waste fuel in the future.
2. is anyone even looking at this issue?
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1. what changes could be made to existing reactors and fuel bundle design to optimize the usefulness of waste fuel in the future.
2. is anyone even looking at this issue?
AM