> Rod Speed
gmail.com> wrote>>> CANDU reactors harvest the control rods for
>>> medical procedures and sterilization purposes.
>> So there is no point in obsessing about waste from nukes.
> 0.05%% of the waste volume, and that with a careful choice of input
> materials. It just seems like there is money sitting there rotting...
What matters is what makes economic sense, not 'rotting'
>> And if you care about that, use Thorium based nukes.
> Which won't be the whole answer,
Waste never is.
> since the lion's share of nuclear waste isn't spent fuel, but "water"
Doesnt have to be if the excess heat is used locally.
> and structures.
True of any power generation system, including solar.
>>>>> If we can recycle nuclear weapons, why can't we recycle waste materials?
>>>> Corse we can. Whether it makes sense to bother is another matter entirely.
>>> The containers are leaking...
>> Completely trivial to glassify the waste so that cant happen.
> Any guesses you can offer why that isn't being done now?
It isnt necessary.
