The issue is that uranium is so cheap nobody wants to use non-virgin fuel. You could recycle the uranium, or use breeder reactors, but both of those have political issues. The current usage of uranium is extremely wasteful and produces lots of unnecessary waste, but I’m not totally convinced that this will change anytime soon.
I agree that it won’t change anytime soon. Even if the laws changed overnight it would be decades before we had a full pipeline. That said, I don’t consider that a reason not to pursue the research and development of one, or to stop the construction of nuclear plants that’s already in progress.
The issue is that uranium is so cheap nobody wants to use non-virgin fuel. You could recycle the uranium, or use breeder reactors, but both of those have political issues. The current usage of uranium is extremely wasteful and produces lots of unnecessary waste, but I’m not totally convinced that this will change anytime soon.
I agree that it won’t change anytime soon. Even if the laws changed overnight it would be decades before we had a full pipeline. That said, I don’t consider that a reason not to pursue the research and development of one, or to stop the construction of nuclear plants that’s already in progress.