Fusion-Fission System Burns Hot Radioactive Waste

Posted by kdawson on Friday January 30, 2009 @03:23AM from the super-x-divertor dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A hybrid fission-fusion process has been developed that can be used in some traditional fission reactors to process radioactive waste and reduce the amount of waste produced by 99%. This process uses magnetic bottle techniques developed from fusion research. This seems like the first viable solution to the radioactive waste problem of traditional nuclear reactors. This could be a big breakthrough in the search for environmentally friendly energy sources. Lots of work remains to take the concept to an engineering prototype and then to a production reactor."

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Missing link.. by conureman · 2009-01-30 03:29 · Score: 1, Flamebait

from fantasy to reality. Perhaps there could be a technological solution to the coming extinction epoch.

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The cost of that cleanup, of course, will be borne by taxpayers, not industry.