[LMB] Nuclear Reactor Design

[Ed Burkhead]

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> Note 1: Yes, we still don't know what to do with the waste, 
> plutonium byproducts are a horror show for aeons, and we're 
> getting very little of the available energy out 

Also check out Scientific American from a couple years back.  They discussed
a reactor design that uses virtually all the energy from the fuel and the
resulting waste is the short half-life stuff that's not nearly so dangerous.

It was in the December issue, of 2005, IIRC.  I think the article was
titled, "Smarter Use of Nuclear Waste."
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=smarter-use-of-nuclear-wa 

Ed