Mr Kakodkar's argument about fuel recycling is very informative (and ofcourse tells us how useful it is). I wonder why its not followed by every nuclear power generating plant. Cutting down waste to such minimal level, and getting several times more output from same fuel will be fabulous.
RE:fuel recycling
by a dey on May 22, 2007 07:26 PM Permalink
True, nuclear recycling reduces fuel wastes, but one of the byproducts of the recycling procedure is Polonium. Till date no ideal method has been found to recycle this. The net result is still sealing off the wastes, albeit a lot less, and burying them in the ground or sinking them in the seas. Who knows what that will lead to in 100-200 or a 1000 years?
