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NNadir

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4. It's actually a major point. The traditional Gen III PWR dominates the world's nuclear fleet. It means...

Reply to underpants (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 12, 2024, 12:57 PM

Mar 2024

...that any nation with a fleet of such reactors that can overcome public stupidity connected with opposing reprocessing can directly burn the recovered uranium. This wouldn't necessarily be a great thing for the mining industry, but it would certainly help to address climate change.

I hope France will expand this program.

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French Reactor Running on Uranium Recycled from Used Nuclear Fuel. [View all] NNadir Mar 2024 OP

Thus is one of the 4th generation reactors I think. underpants Mar 2024 #1

No, it's not. It's a normal Gen III PWR completed in 1984 with construction beginning in 1978. NNadir Mar 2024 #2

Okay. underpants Mar 2024 #3

It's actually a major point. The traditional Gen III PWR dominates the world's nuclear fleet. It means... NNadir Mar 2024 #4