Texas A&M University: Single-Step Strategy for Recycling Used Nuclear Fuel Will Reduce Waste
May 05, 2020
May 05, 2020
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, May 5 -- The Texas A&M University's Engineering Experiment Station issued the following news:
A typical nuclear reactor uses only a small fraction of its fuel rod to produce power before the energy-generating reaction naturally terminates. What is left behind is an assortment of radioactive elements, including unused fuel, that are disposed of as nuclear waste in the United States. Although certain elements recycled from waste can be used for powering new . . .
A typical nuclear reactor uses only a small fraction of its fuel rod to produce power before the energy-generating reaction naturally terminates. What is left behind is an assortment of radioactive elements, including unused fuel, that are disposed of as nuclear waste in the United States. Although certain elements recycled from waste can be used for powering new . . .