re nuclear waste in article apr mksol dseg ti com mccall mksol dseg ti com fred j mccall writes in apr cs rochester edu dietz cs rochester edu paul dietz writes paul quite frankly i ll believe that this is really going to work on the typical trash one needs to process when i see them put a couple tons in one end and get relatively clean material out the other end plus be able to run it off its own residual power sounds almost like perpetual motion doesn t it i will believe that this process comes even close to approaching technological and economic feasibility given the mixed nature of the trash that will have to be run through it as opposed to the costs of separating things first and having a different run for each actinide when i see them dump a few tons in one end and pull relatively clean material out the other once the costs technological risks etc are taken into account i still class this one with the idea of throwing waste into the sun sure it s possible and the physics are well understood but is it really a reasonable approach how is it ever going to be an off the shelf technology if someone doesn t do it maybe we should do this as part of the ssf design goals gee fred after your bitter defense of khz power as a basic technology for ssf id think you would support a minor research program like this and does anyone who knows more particle physics then me know if the ipns could prove this technology the real reason why accelerator breeders or incinerators are not being built is that there isn t any reason to do so natural uranium is still too cheap and geological disposal of actinides looks technically reasonable it may also help there is political gridlock on the entire nuclear technical agenda there were big political opponenents to fast breeder technologies wipp is being fought to death in courts even if you could make a nuclear incinerator do you really think even deaf smith county nevada would accept it nimby ism rules nuclear power concerns only the medical community has been able to overrule nuclear technology opposition
