minus-squareMagiccupcake@startrek.websitetoTechnology@lemmy.ml•Price of solar dropped 89% in ten yearslinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down4·3 years agoWe have reactor designs that use already spent fuel, we just aren’t building them. We have enough spent fuel for centuries, and afterwards the reprocessed fuel is much less radioactive, and only for a few decades. linkfedilink
minus-squareMagiccupcake@startrek.websitetoTechnology@lemmy.ml•Bike tires made from NASA’s bizarre shape-shifting metal are now available to buylinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 years agoGive it a decade and economies of scale, and maybe it will get it down to twice as expensive. linkfedilink
We have reactor designs that use already spent fuel, we just aren’t building them. We have enough spent fuel for centuries, and afterwards the reprocessed fuel is much less radioactive, and only for a few decades.