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Google signs deal for nuclear energy to power AI datacenters. (newsukraine.rbc.ua)
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[โ€“] bitwolf@lemmy.one 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Adding to this. The waste has been used to fuel subsequent reactions and could be used to produce more power

[โ€“] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I mean they seem to be still figuring this out... But isn't the whole SMR harardous waste after it got decommissioned? That depends a bit on the technology used. But that'd be a huge pile of mildly radioactive steel, plumbing and concrete in addition to the depleted fuel, which is highly radioactive. And as far as I know the re-use to get the rest of the energy out also isn't solved yet. I mean obviously that should be done. Only taking out parts of the energy and wasting the rest isn't very efficient. Sadly that seems to be exactly what we're doing in reality.