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in2herbs

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1. About a year ago a video was posted on DU about nuclear waste. It discussed that the nuclear
Sun Oct 13, 2024, 12:11 PM
Oct 2024

generating stations built in the 60s were adapted to turn the nuclear waste into pellets, which in turn, shortened their nuclear activity to about 100 years instead of thousands of years. The pellets could also be used in other applications while "disintegrating." I am against nuclear energy because of the length of time the waste remains active, but the video opened the possibility to changing my mind.

Do you know anything about this? And, if you do, could you comment?

Thanks

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