This video needs more views and the practical research needs more funding
@NuclearEngineeringLectures Жыл бұрын
Yes and yes!
@clandestinefreedom8114 Жыл бұрын
This is so great. I'm a mechanical engineering student with a desire to work in the nuclear energy industry. Nuclear power has such a big future, especially with the future implementation of fusion, and like you mentioned, reprocessing. I had no idea that only 5% of the fissionable isotopes are considered spent, and the rest is able to be utilized again. These videos are really awesome, and I take notes as well.
@rhythmdoshi8393 Жыл бұрын
love this video man, your content is fire, Id love to see a video breaking down the economics of building a reprocessing facility that reprocesses spent nuclear fuel (SNF)
@LaCroiky Жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this video, Chris! 😊
@NuclearEngineeringLectures Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@MaryRoseDeak3 ай бұрын
It would be good if we could make more Pu238 for the Radioactive Thermionic Generators I guess from neptunium. This generates the heat for spacecraft like the Voyagers, but also might be able to be used for small generators here on Earth. I enjoyed you video, thank you.
@NuclearEngineeringLectures3 ай бұрын
Good news, ORNL is working on producing more Pu238 and I am doing research that supports this effort!
@EdPheil9 ай бұрын
Once you remove all the actinides and put them back in a reactor the remaining fission products CK away to less than uranium war in under 300 years and therefore don't even require a deep geologic repository let alone 5% fuel. This can be surface stored as it is currently being held and then wants us decay do near surface burial like we do for uranium or tailings.
@Luke-uf5in8 ай бұрын
"It even has its own sauna, which is probably a great place for storing caesium and Stro-" ahahaha