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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
Nuclear plants are worn out - many are way past their "use by" date. Yankee Rowe, Vermont Yankee, Indian Point, and very soon Pilgrim; and others, too.
Where is the plan to reuse nuclear waste - let alone doing it? How much does it cost? Who pays for that? Where is this done?
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There are only a handful of old "gen i " broad spectrum nuclear plants and 100% of our medical isotopes come from these 50's era relics.
Decommission them all and big cancer looses its primary treatment protocol.
(For better or for worse)
Reuse is easy, but we need the will to learn what we already knew in 1950 and start building MSR Thorium plants again. (Msr will consume 99% of spent rods)