DocumentCode
1045946
Title
Recycling a bad idea
Author
Kumagai, Jean
Volume
41
Issue
1
fYear
2004
Firstpage
48
Lastpage
49
Abstract
Reprocessing spent nuclear fuel is too risky, costly, and complicated. So why is the U.S. Department of Energy promoting it?.
Keywords
fission reactor fuel reprocessing; government policies; commercial-scale designs; fuel recycling; proliferation risk; recycling economics; separated plutonium; spent nuclear fuel reprocessing; Crops; Environmental economics; Fuel economy; Government; Inductors; Power generation economics; Recycling; Research and development; US Department of Energy; Weapons;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSPEC.2004.1317878
Filename
1317878
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