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Why investing in new nuclear plants is bad for the climate
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How Finland is betting on nuclear power, and its waste | Focus on Europe
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Finland is on the verge of becoming the first nation to bury spent nuclear fuel rods deep underground for the long term
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Finland's vast network of tunnels 400m underground will soon begin operating as the world's first spent nuclear fuel disposal facility
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UK looks to Sweden for a solution to nuclear waste – repeated attempts to find a suitable location have been stymied by political intransigence and environmentalists
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Finland is building the world's first permanent disposal site for nuclear waste, with no shortage of people wanting to be its neighbours
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Sweden approves plans for Forsmark nuclear waste storage site – will bury nuclear waste in the bedrock, and seal the facilities once they are full
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IAmA chemical engineer who works with spent nuclear fuel. AMA!
Thanks to @suspended and @deimos for the suggestion! Hey y’all, I am a basin chemistry engineer for the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina. Our facility stores spent...
Thanks to @suspended and @deimos for the suggestion!
Hey y’all, I am a basin chemistry engineer for the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina. Our facility stores spent nuclear fuel from a variety of research and experimental reactors underwater. Our specialty is highly-enriched aluminum-clad fuel, but we have a diverse array of unusual fuels from around the world. A good overview of fuel types can be found here.
My primary responsibility is ensuring the basin water is kept highly pure to minimize corrosion to the fuel, as well as ensure it is free of radionuclides to the extent practicable. I’m happy to answer any questions I can about nuclear fuel, nuclear power, radioactive waste, etc.
More links:
Corrosion of Al-clad fuel
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A fantastic video on high level nuclear waste
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Hanford radioactive sludge removal
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How the Kingston coal ash spill unearthed a nuclear nightmare
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America’s radioactive secret: Oil-and-gas wells produce nearly a trillion gallons of toxic waste a year
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The hiding place: Inside the world's first long-term storage facilty for highly radioactive nuclear waste
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How the US betrayed the Marshall Islands, kindling the next nuclear disaster
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Nuclear power offers an abundant supply of low-carbon energy. But what to do with the deadly radioactive waste?
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