• deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    Those are not at all cheap and are subsidized by enrichment for weapons purposes.

    France is trying to extend their service lifetime beyond what they were designed for because they can’t face the bill to replace them with newer reactors.

    • grue@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      and are subsidized by enrichment for weapons purposes in order to reprocess the waste into new fuel

      FTFY. That’s a good thing and we should be doing it here in the US, too.