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Exclusive: Clean tech startup Fluxnium found a way to tap 50,000 years' worth of nuclear fuel
techcrunch.com/2026/09/16/clean-tech-startup-fluxnium-found-a-way-to-tap-50000-years-worth-of-nuclear-fuel/
Replying to @Mustachius_Grumpius@thelemmy.club
Seeing is believing! It is also to be seen whether nuclear power is indeed the way ahead to solve humanity’s problems, banking on regenerative energy sources seems to be the more popular route in most countries. Probably because nuclear is NOT clean technology.
Replying to @susieq0044@sh.itjust.works
Check out the 4th gen liquid metal-cooled breeder reactors. Those designs virtually eliminate the long-term radioactive waste produced by older reactor designs.
Replying to @Explodedgrains@lemmy.world
I did just that. There’s NO benefit against a load of wind turbines or photovoltaic.
Replying to @Explodedgrains@lemmy.world
None are commercial.
Since 2021 China have 1 commercial HTR-PM but it cannot be used to recycle nuclear fuel directly.