New generation of nuclear reactors could consume radioactive waste as fuel | Environment | The Guardian

I've been very skeptical about nuclear power and have said as much several times in this blog. However, George Monbiot's advocacy of the fast reactor technology has begun to change my mind in respect of that technology as it would appear to address the issus I have with nuclear power:

The engineering firm GE Hitachi has submitted an alternative proposal based on its Prism fast reactor, which could consume the plutonium as fuel while generating electricity.

So it seems that it addresses the iddue of waste very helpfully by using it and in doing so rendering it relatively easy to deal with by comparison with current waste problems. It is also safer by using the laws of physics and so less vulnerable to terrorist co-option. In addition it seems cheaper to build and quicker, thus dealing wiht the econmic and strategic objecgtions.
New generation of nuclear reactors could consume radioactive waste as fuel | Environment | The Guardian