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bradles0 t1_j99scfu wrote

Reply to comment by War_Hymn in Eli5 How does nuclear fuel get spent so fast? by Vegetable_Noise_1124

is it possible to create an "induced fission" environment for the nuclear waste to help it decay faster?

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Taxoro t1_j9a46rf wrote

Not really.

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But it is possible to have different forms of fission reactors that produce wastely less waste. It is even possible to recycle some of the waste we currently have and then reduce the time to decay

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