Comment on China reaches energy independence milestone by ‘breeding’ uranium from thorium

• Dogyote@slrpnk.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  No! That’s not what it fucking says. High activity waste is 0.2% of waste volume but has 96% of radioactivity.

  This is a quote from the translated article:

  Nearly 80% of the reprocessed spent fuel is not currently reused but could be reused by IV and generation reactors.

  The IV generation reactors don’t really exist yet. According to this source, maybe one or two do exist. So no, 96% of spent fuel is not being recycled. Stop spreading misinformation, you’re as useless as chatgpt.

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  • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You have to read further, there are several “96%” in the article. Search for:

    Composés d’un assemblage d’uranium parfois associé à du plutonium, ces combustibles peuvent être traités à 96%

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    • Dogyote@slrpnk.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’m acting like an asshole because you’re spreading missinfo and you keep doing it.

      Radioactive Waste Management in France

      Radioactive waste management varies depending on its nature.

      High-Level Waste (HLW): 0.2% of the volume of radioactive waste but 96% of the radioactivity

      The fuel used by nuclear power plants produces the majority of HLW. Composed of an assembly of uranium, sometimes combined with plutonium, this fuel can be 96% reprocessed: the recyclable materials (uranium and plutonium) are recovered to produce MOX (Mixed Oxide Fuel). Nearly 80% of the reprocessed spent fuel is not currently reused but could be by Generation IV reactors. The unusable materials (fission products and minor actinides) that constitute HLW are calcined. The resulting black powder is conditioned in molten glass paste, which is then poured into a stainless steel drum.

      Here’s the entire section you’re citing. They’re reprocessing 96% of 0.2%. Now, in that same paragraph, nearly 80% of that reprocessed spent fuel is not used. It’s right there. I’m telling you again, with the information you’re providing.

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      • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Okay so I remember the numbers from a duvunent about the Hague storage and recycling facility in france and dug up a closer paper:

        Here is another link and for your tired ass I copied interesting parts but please check it out yourself;

        Out of all the material components of the fuel assembly, 94-96% of the mass can be recycled using La Hague’s current process.

        The PUREX process (Plutonium Uranium Refining by Extraction, shown in Fig. 2) is utilized by both of the UP2 and UP3 plants at the La Hague facility. This process recovers 99.5% of the uranium and plutonium in the spent fuel rod assembly.

        This can be used in nuclear weapons, so way beyond what’s needed for a nuclear power station.

        I’m all for fighting misinformation but you can’t just scream and insult, that doesn’t work even if you’re right.

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  • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    We’ve always been able to reuse uranium, but it was outlawed in the 70s to prevent the eventual production of plutonium.

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