To: neverdem; All
Good article..just thought of a somewhat related question. What have European countries, like Germany and France, been doing with their spent fuel rods. Is there a central storage facility? In the US, we can’t get Yucca MT up and running...what are they doing in Europe?
8 posted on
10/31/2011 4:24:42 PM PDT by
ken5050
(Cain/Gingrich 2012!!! because sharing a couch with Pelosi is NOT the same as sharing a bed with her)
To: ken5050
Good article..just thought of a somewhat related question. What have European countries, like Germany and France, been doing with their spent fuel rods. Is there a central storage facility? In the US, we can’t get Yucca MT up and running...what are they doing in Europe? Sending them to Iran?
joke
10 posted on
10/31/2011 4:44:18 PM PDT by
Steely Tom
(Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
To: ken5050
France reprocesses their spent fuel. That way the expended fuel is recycled into new, fresh fuel. That is done in a breeder reactor, which our glorious President Carter banned us from doing, as breeder reactors and create the dreaded thing called ‘plutonium’.
EEK, plutonium!!!
12 posted on
10/31/2011 5:07:58 PM PDT by
gogogodzilla
(Live free or die!)
To: ken5050
What have European countries, like Germany and France, been doing with their spent fuel rods. Check out the La Hague reprocessing plant in France. That's the way to go. We developed this technology and the wackos have driven it from these shores. A terribly ironic and tragic turn.
20 posted on
10/31/2011 5:45:07 PM PDT by
chimera
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