BILL TODD

Generation IV nuclear: = Relative to current nuclear power plant technology, the claimed benefits for 4th generation reactors include: 1: Nuclear waste that remains radioactive for a few centuries instead of millennia. 2: 100-300 times more energy yield from the same amount of nuclear fuel. 3: Broader range of fuels, and even unencapsulated raw fuels (non-pebble MSR, LFTR). 4: In some reactors, the ability to consume existing nuclear waste in the production of electricity, that is, a Closed nuclear fuel cycle. This strengthens the argument to deem nuclear power as renewable energy. 5: Improved operating safety features, such as (depending on design) avoidance of pressurized operation, automatic passive (unpowered, uncommanded) reactor shutdown, avoidance of water cooling and the associated risks of loss of water (leaks or boiling) and hydrogen generation/explosion and contamination of coolant water. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_IV_reactor