Why Nuclear Waste May Be An Overlooked Climate Solution
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Why Nuclear Waste May Be An Overlooked Climate Solution

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LEMONT, Ill. — Down a bright fluorescent hallway and through a secure door in one of the United States’ most storied federal research institutes is a room where only American citizens can go. “We’re looking at ways to recycle used nuclear fuel because it reduces the amount of waste that has to be disposed of,” Hawthorne said in a conference room outside her lab one morning last October. Last month, Oklo unveiled the proposal it submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to build the United States’ first commercial fuel recycling plant. “There’s enough energy content in used fuel in the U.S. alone to power the country for 150 years, and that number is going to grow,” said Oklo chief executive Jacob DeWitte. “There’s enough energy content in used fuel in the U.S. alone to power the country for 150 years, and that number is going to grow.” - Oklo CEO Jacob DeWitte Compared to the volumes of electricity reactors produce, there isn’t currently that much spent fuel.

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