Mike Weber Goodenow wrote: I saw somewhere that it appears that D-T fusion processes can be used to clean up nuclear waste from current nuclear power plants and nuclear weapons. Cut it by 90% or more.
If true, and if it’s cost-effective, this would be of very significant interest to federal policymakers, including Congress, and could help accelerate fusion R&D funding.
First, is this true?
Second might it be cost-effective?
Third, has anyone thought about the use of aneutronic fusion to clean up fission-produced nuclear waste, comparing and contrasting aneutronic with D-T for this purpose?
BTW… did you perhaps mean your topic title to be “Fusion Cleans Up Nuclear Waste from [em]Fission[/em]”…?
