Sentences with phrase «nuclear waste problem»

Small towns want to solve Canada's decades - old nuclear waste problem by burying it in their backyards.

3) Solves existing nuclear waste problem, thus saving $ billions set aside for no longer needed storage facilities.

«Researchers crack 50 - year - old nuclear waste problem, make storage safer: Scientists figure out how to remove americium from nuclear waste pools, opening the door for expanding the use of one of the cleanest and efficient energy sources on the planet.»

The SFR can also burn spent nuclear rods from other reactors and depleted uranium left over from the uranium - enrichment process, putting a serious dent in the nuclear waste problem.

«In order to solve the nuclear waste problem, you have to solve the americium problem,» said Tom Meyer, Arey Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at UNC's College of Arts and Sciences, who led the study.

Yucca Mountain was supposed to be the answer to the U.S.'s nuclear waste problem, but after 22 years and $ 9 billion, that vision is dead.

Although the transuranic elements make up only about 1 percent of the spent fuel, they constitute the main source of today's nuclear waste problem.

The nuclear design I am investing in would be safer than previous designs and would go a long way toward solving the nuclear waste problem.

Breeder reactors are an interesting solution to the nuclear waste problem.

While some supporters of a U.S. reprocessing program believe it would help solve the nuclear waste problem, reprocessing would not reduce the need for storage and disposal of radioactive waste.

Thus 4th GNP could help solve the nuclear waste problem, which must be dealt with in any case.