MIT recycle nuclear waste into energy until 2083 [Gizmodo]
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:31 am
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Original title: The Future of Nuclear Power Runs on the Waste of Our Nuclear Past
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Original title: The Future of Nuclear Power Runs on the Waste of Our Nuclear Past
Intro:
The Future of Nuclear Power Runs on the Waste of Our Nuclear PastAmerica alone produces about 2,000 metric tons of nuclear waste annually and our best solution for disposing of it: bury it deep in the Earth. However, a pair of MIT scientists believe they've found not only a better way of eliminating nuclear waste but recycling the deadly detritus into enough clean electricity to power the entire world until 2083. Win, meet win.