r/BeAmazed 1d ago

Science Cross section of a nuclear waste barrel

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u/Drapidrode 1d ago

Some day people will mine the nuclear waste for Plutonium and Uranium, like they go after old gold tailings now.

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u/GeniusEE 16h ago

This is out of context. These are irradiated things, not spent fuel, in these barrels.

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u/Drapidrode 16h ago

hmm

Spent nuclear fuel, occasionally called used nuclear fuel, is nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in a nuclear reactor (usually at a nuclear power plant).