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This Nuclear Reactor Uses Nuclear Waste as Fuel

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Newcleo has designed a reactor fit for the future. It’s cheaper and faster to build than standard reactors and it’s more environmentally friendly, too. Newcleo’s reactor uses molten lead as a coolant instead of water. This design is known as a ‘fast reactor’ and it can use spent uranium and plutonium as fuel.

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