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Nuclear fuel recycling could offer plentiful energy — Imagine the mess if we mined one ton of coal, burned five percent of it for energy, and then threw away the rest. That is what happens with uranium for nuclear fuel today. Currently, only about five percent of the uranium in a fuel rod gets fissioned for energy; after that, the rods are taken out of the reactor and put into permanent storage… Full Story

Argonne’s pyroprocessing and advanced reactor research featured on WGN radio — Hussein Khalil, director of Argonne’s Nuclear Engineering Division, describes for WGN’s Bill Moller how pyroprocessing and spent nuclear fuel recycling in fast reactors will provide major energy benefits while greatly reducing the complexity of traditional nuclear waste disposal technology… Full Story

Argonne’s Nuclear Energy Exhibition Hall highlights our pioneering role in developing peaceful uses of nuclear technology used by major nuclear power plants throughout the world. For more information, call (630) 252-5562 or email [email protected].
Argonne OutLoud Lecture: How Advanced Reactors will Change Nuclear Power and the World (May 11, 2017)
History of Argonne Reactor Operations [2.2MB]
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NOVA episode: The Nuclear Option: How will we power the planet without wrecking the climate? Aired January 11, 2017 on PBS

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