Nuclear Waste Could Supply Rare Hydrogen Fuel for US Fusion Reactors

Nuclear waste could supply rare hydrogen fuel for US fusion reactors

The simulated reactor designs use a particle accelerator to jump-start atom-splitting reactions in the nuclear waste.

Nuclear Waste Could Provide Fuel For Fusion Energy, Says Los Alamos Physicist - NucNet - Pro-Nuclear Power Blogs - Nuclear Street - Nuclear Power Plant News, Jobs, and Careers

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the US state of New Mexico have unveiled simulations showing how radioactive nuclear waste could be repurposed to generate tritium, the rare hydrogen isotope that fuels nuclear fusion. Terence Tarnowsky ...

US Scientists Have A Wild Plan To Convert Nuclear Waste Into Fuel For Nuclear Reactors

A bold solution has emerged that could turn this huge liability into a valuable asset.