• 114 Posts
  • 1.02K Comments
Joined 1 year ago
cake
Cake day: July 25th, 2023

help-circle














  • mwguytoTechnology@lemmy.world*Permanently Deleted*
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    1 month ago

    You see, at some point you need a shield around the reactor to actually absorb all the high energy particles released, and turn that energy into heat.

    So we have to replace a few tons of shielding that’s lightly radioactive every 2-6 years. That’s literally a vehicle’s worth of waste to power tens of thousands of homes.