{"id":417424,"date":"2025-12-16T19:24:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T18:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=417424"},"modified":"2025-12-16T19:24:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T18:24:26","slug":"time-to-build-reactors-fueled-by-nuclear-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=417424","title":{"rendered":"Time to build reactors fueled by nuclear waste"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"482\" data-attachment-id=\"417428\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=417428\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AQMA4B0BlTW_Ov2eWRuK7H2vR6d7oJ4XKvQ8wfR1kED90Z9ztBse1yiIQY2WHOjAlSIYsq2rNllWQKJLykQ__-0p_sz0xS2NBgPOgo40lqlsvVMqklAclk7bbxSFw1Mp-1.jpeg?fit=1198%2C799&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1198,799\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AQMA4B0BlTW_Ov2eWRuK7H2vR6d7oJ4XKvQ8wfR1kED90Z9ztBse1yiIQY2WHOjAlSIYsq2rNllWQKJLykQ__-0p_sz0xS2NBgPOgo40lqlsvVMqklAclk7bbxSFw1Mp\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AQMA4B0BlTW_Ov2eWRuK7H2vR6d7oJ4XKvQ8wfR1kED90Z9ztBse1yiIQY2WHOjAlSIYsq2rNllWQKJLykQ__-0p_sz0xS2NBgPOgo40lqlsvVMqklAclk7bbxSFw1Mp-1.jpeg?fit=723%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AQMA4B0BlTW_Ov2eWRuK7H2vR6d7oJ4XKvQ8wfR1kED90Z9ztBse1yiIQY2WHOjAlSIYsq2rNllWQKJLykQ__-0p_sz0xS2NBgPOgo40lqlsvVMqklAclk7bbxSFw1Mp-1.jpeg?resize=723%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Nuclear power plant cooling towers reflecting in water during sunset with a pink sky.\" class=\"wp-image-417428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AQMA4B0BlTW_Ov2eWRuK7H2vR6d7oJ4XKvQ8wfR1kED90Z9ztBse1yiIQY2WHOjAlSIYsq2rNllWQKJLykQ__-0p_sz0xS2NBgPOgo40lqlsvVMqklAclk7bbxSFw1Mp-1.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AQMA4B0BlTW_Ov2eWRuK7H2vR6d7oJ4XKvQ8wfR1kED90Z9ztBse1yiIQY2WHOjAlSIYsq2rNllWQKJLykQ__-0p_sz0xS2NBgPOgo40lqlsvVMqklAclk7bbxSFw1Mp-1.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AQMA4B0BlTW_Ov2eWRuK7H2vR6d7oJ4XKvQ8wfR1kED90Z9ztBse1yiIQY2WHOjAlSIYsq2rNllWQKJLykQ__-0p_sz0xS2NBgPOgo40lqlsvVMqklAclk7bbxSFw1Mp-1.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AQMA4B0BlTW_Ov2eWRuK7H2vR6d7oJ4XKvQ8wfR1kED90Z9ztBse1yiIQY2WHOjAlSIYsq2rNllWQKJLykQ__-0p_sz0xS2NBgPOgo40lqlsvVMqklAclk7bbxSFw1Mp-1.jpeg?resize=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AQMA4B0BlTW_Ov2eWRuK7H2vR6d7oJ4XKvQ8wfR1kED90Z9ztBse1yiIQY2WHOjAlSIYsq2rNllWQKJLykQ__-0p_sz0xS2NBgPOgo40lqlsvVMqklAclk7bbxSFw1Mp-1.jpeg?w=1198&amp;ssl=1 1198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2025\/12\/14\/time-to-build-reactors-fueled-by-nuclear-waste\/\">CFACT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/author\/duggan\/\">Duggan Flanakin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"480\" data-attachment-id=\"417426\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=417426\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0we-should-embrace-nuclear-power.jpg?fit=849%2C564&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"849,564\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;65397964 - magic crystal ball atom on forest floor for summer fantasy imagery&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;mackoflower\/123RF&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;65397964 - magic crystal ball atom on forest floor for summer fantasy imagery&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"65397964 &amp;#8211; magic crystal ball atom on forest floor for summer fantasy imagery\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;65397964 &amp;#8211; magic crystal ball atom on forest floor for summer fantasy imagery&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0we-should-embrace-nuclear-power.jpg?fit=723%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0we-should-embrace-nuclear-power.jpg?resize=723%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A glass orb on mossy ground in a forest, with light patterns resembling an atomic structure inside the orb.\" class=\"wp-image-417426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0we-should-embrace-nuclear-power.jpg?w=849&amp;ssl=1 849w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0we-should-embrace-nuclear-power.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0we-should-embrace-nuclear-power.jpg?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0we-should-embrace-nuclear-power.jpg?resize=640%2C425&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">65397964 &#8211; magic crystal ball atom on forest floor for summer fantasy imagery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to noted stock trader Ross Givens, many investors are pouring money into nuclear energy stocks that may never deliver. Innovative generation IV and V reactor designs remain unapproved by a slow-moving federal government. Yet investors remain hopeful that this bottleneck will soon be removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the early years of America\u2019s nuclear power industry, the Atomic Energy Commission was favorable to innovative technology and bullish on nuclear\u2019s ability to power the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One minor incident, however, enabled the anti-nuclear crowd to have the AEC replaced by a Nuclear Regulatory Commission, whose mandate switched from using nuclear energy to protecting Americans from nuclear radiation. Their approach predated President Obama\u2019s strategy for bankrupting the coal industry \u2014 regulations to make nuclear reactors so expensive that anyone trying to go nuclear would go bankrupt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In May, President Trump issued an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/05\/ordering-the-reform-of-the-nuclear-regulatory-commission\/\">executive order<\/a>&nbsp;calling for major reforms to the NRC, whose current structure and staffing, he said, are \u201cmisaligned with the Congress\u2019 directive that the NRC shall not unduly restrict the benefits of nuclear power.\u201d He wants an NRC that promotes expedited processing of license applications and adoption of innovative technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One tactic used by the NRC is the $300 per hour charge to applicants for reviewing applications. Coupled with a razor-like ability to \u201cdiscover\u201d separate \u201cserious flaws\u201d one at a time, the NRC process adds direct and indirect costs that discourage applicants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Vogtle units 3 and 4 in Georgia, the only two new U.S. reactors in the 21<sup>st<\/sup>&nbsp;century, were supposed to cost about $14 billion from design to operational status but ended up costing $36.8 billion \u2014 plus revenues lost to the delayed approvals. Permitting for Tennessee\u2019s Watts Bar unit 2, which became operational in 2016, began in 1972.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The White House believes NRC staffers have disregarded the severe domestic and geopolitical costs of risk aversion overkill \u2014 including safety models that, without sound scientific basis, claim there is no safe threshold of radiation exposure. This forces nuclear plants to protect against radiation below naturally occurring levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While lauding the White House\u2019s goal of jumpstarting a nuclear renaissance, nuclear power advocate Steven Curtis says that putting new wine into the old NRC wineskin is a recipe for failure. So is throwing federal dollars at nuclear startups rather than merely removing the regulatory barriers and letting the market decide winners and losers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, says Curtis, 60 to 70 privately owned advanced design nuclear power startups have a combined capital investment exceeding $20 billion, yet the regulations under which they receive approval for both construction and operation are tied up in red tape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NRC regulations require nuclear facilities, like mining operations, to set aside estimated costs for decommissioning the reactor and long-term storage of nuclear waste. No one has even been harmed from a U.S. nuclear accident, yet neither oil and gas, nor wind and solar facilities, nor any other U.S. industry, is so rigidly overregulated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shortening permitting times for nuclear reactors is a step in the right direction, Curtis says, but that alone will not bring the cost of nuclear energy to competitive levels. There is a solution, says Curtis, that can turn a $50 billion bill for storing nuclear waste into a trillion-dollar bonanza: Promote the recycling (not just reprocessing) of spent nuclear fuel in fast reactors and design and build reactors that can turn recycled fuel into abundant cheap electricity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every active U.S. nuclear reactor is a \u201clight-water reactor,\u201d in which only about 3% of the fissile material is used to generate electricity. French reactors are of similar design, but they send spent nuclear fuel for reprocessing that yields a 25% to 30% increase in energy output.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, France&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/en\/energies\/article\/2022\/12\/03\/russia-owns-the-only-plant-in-the-world-capable-of-reprocessing-spent-uranium_6006479_98.html\">was sending<\/a>&nbsp;spent nuclear fuel to the Seversk plant in Siberia. Since then, EDF, which operates France\u2019s reactor fleet, has considered setting up a conversion facility in Western Europe, but, as of now, the spent fuel is in storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today\u2019s generation IV and V \u201cfast\u201d reactors, including molten salt reactors, can be designed to burn most of the remaining 95% (1% becomes plutonium) of what Curtis calls \u201cslightly used nuclear fuel\u201d (SUNF), if it is recycled (rather than merely reprocessed).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the U.S. adopted true nuclear fuel recycling, says Curtis, the cost of nuclear-generated electricity could fall dramatically. First, from being able to use nearly all the uranium fuel to generate electricity; second, from significant reductions in the amount \u2014 and half-life \u2014 of the remaining \u201cnuclear waste,\u201d and maybe even ending the quest for deep underground burial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shocking fact is that, in the U.S., both reprocessing and recycling are legal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anti-nuclear propaganda, the NRC\u2019s archaic licensing system, and media-generated public fear are the chief obstacles to this revolutionary technology. Funding for today\u2019s nuclear startups could turn into an avalanche of cash if investors could be certain that the reactors they were designing would not need NRC licensing and that their SUNF could be disposed of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One method of true recycling of SUNF is done via pyro- processing, in which spent fuel rods are chopped into small pieces, then crumbled into a powder that is dissolved into a molten salt bath. When an electric current is applied, the uranium and transuranic elements are deposited onto an electrode, then collected as a metallic ingot. This \u201cfuel\u201d can then be placed into a fast reactor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Argonne National Laboratory successfully operated such a reactor\/recycle system for 30 years using the 20 MWe sodium-cooled fast reactor called the Experimental Breeder Reactor. Scientists conducted two extreme accident failure simulations in April 1986 to test the system\u2019s safety, and it passed with flying colors. In both cases, the reactor shut down with no damage and was quickly restarted for normal operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the project was terminated in 1994 and decommissioned for political reasons, the Department of Energy is now planning to construct a similar test reactor using the same concepts to more accurately determine cost projections for today\u2019s small modular (fast) reactor designs, which are also intrinsically safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To commercialize this process, scientists at the Argonne laboratory in 2012 proposed to spend $500 million on a 100-ton-per-year (tpy) facility that could feed a 1 GW fast reactor power plant. There is also a design concept for a full-scale commercial 2,000 tpy facility at a projected cost of $7 billion. Based on fees collected from the DOE for reprocessing SUNF, such a facility should earn a minimum 18% profit annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Curtis believes that fully embracing SUNF recycling and building reactors capable of using recycled nuclear fuel could enable leveraging most of the $50 billion currently in the Congressional Nuclear Waste Fund to jumpstart a private initiative to recycle the SUNF into up to a trillion dollars\u2019 worth of recycled nuclear fuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Had the NRC, the media, and the fear mongers realized in 1986 that recycling was not only possible but profitable, the U.S. might today have multitudes of fast reactors burning SUNF and providing electricity to American people and industries for pennies a kilowatt-hour. That\u2019s why Curtis believes the NRC \u2014 and federal subsidies that lock companies into bureaucratically determined reactor designs \u2014 need to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to noted stock trader Ross Givens, many investors are pouring money into nuclear energy stocks that may never deliver. Innovative generation IV and V reactor designs remain unapproved by a slow-moving federal government. 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