Interesting graphs and charts department

[xoxoxoBruce]

Every time we built a nuke they changed to rules and regulations, so no two were alike and more expensive. In France they settled on a design and built them all the same which was much cheaper.
The Westinghouse Pressurized Water Reactor system was reasonably safe in that the radioactive water transfers the heat in a heat exchanger to the water that became steam and drove the turbines.
GE came out with the cheaper Boiling Water Reactor System where the radioactive steam drove the turbines making the machinery and turbine hall hot. In order to overhaul the turbines, the radioactive parts would be shipped back to GE for machining.

The real problem with the nukes is how to dispose of the spent fuel, but all they have to do is build a wall out of it.

[Griff]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

The real problem with the nukes is how to dispose of the spent fuel, but all they have to do is build a wall out of it.

This is the only real issue. A functional government would have settled it long ago.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by Griff

This is the only real issue. A functional government would have settled it long ago.

Don't they break up the spent fuel rods into bullet-sized pieces and shoot them at brown people in sandy places?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Don't want to help fuel their nuclear program.

[tw]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Don't they break up the spent fuel rods into bullet-sized pieces and shoot them at brown people in sandy places?

Something like 3% of Uranium gets used in those rods. Problem is those rods are still highly radioactive. And now contains Plutonium.

Uranium ore has less than 1% U-235. Depleted Uranium is the byproduct after removing as much U-235 as possible So depleted Uranium is even less radioactive.

MOX fuel is the process of extracting both Uranium and Plutonium. Then combining those materials to create another useful nuclear fuel. It has not been successfully used in the US but is more commonly used in Russia, Japan, and France. It could substantially reduce the amount of spent nuclear uranium rods. But makes Plutonium proliferation (nuclear weapons and 'dirty' bombs) easier.