Is Nuclear Waste Really Waste?

Why HN readers recommended it

HN readers recommend it as the best explanation of what nuclear waste really is and how much of it is reusable fuel.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Google TechTalks

Topic

nuclear waste

Format

talk

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2017–2022

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• A much more practical use of nuclear waste is to make traditional RTG. Nuclear waste could also be used for medical isotopes. There are lots of other interesting things in nuclear waste. This talk from 2010 is really amazing at understanding what 'nuclear waste' actually …

• While this is true it is just another reflection of the backwards nuclear policy of NASA and the US government. With different reactors, creation of more Pu-238 would not be a huge problem. The issue is just that there seems to be very little interest …

• Interestingly, this post on an application for Nuclear waste was on the front page[1]. This talk on nuclear waste may also be of interest to you[2]. [1] [LINK] [2] [VIDEO]