breeder reactor

A breeder reactor can provide a twofer: disposing of what is now considered a problematic waste while producing a very large amount of energy for centuries.

Solving this will require a breeder reactor: one that can extract the energy of the major component of uranium, its isotope U-238.

There is nuclear fission which produces no CO2 and with modern breeder reactor technology will produce little radioactive waste.

The problem with the breeder reactor waste is just one of many environmental issues at the lab, located on a high desert plateau near Idaho Falls.

It was once seen within the global nuclear research community as a bold experiment, as similar breeder reactor programs elsewhere were halted.