SCIENCE 101 - CHICKEN LITTLE'S JOURNAL: Nuclear Waste and Breeder Reactors - Myth and Promise

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Sunday, September 7, 2003

Nuclear Waste and Breeder Reactors - Myth and Promise

In my earlier articles on nuclear power, I reviewed how fissile Uranium-235 drives a nuclear reactor, and how Uranium-238 participates in the process by transforming into Plutonium-239, which is fissile like Uranium-235. This phenomenon of nuclear physics lies at the heart of a conceptual blueprint... Sign in to see full entry.

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