Is this forgotten nuclear tech due for a second chance?

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There's a special type of nuclear reactor that can create more fuel than it uses – and even run on nuclear waste. The technology was developed decades ago but at some point we stopped pursuing it further. Was that a mistake? #PlanetA #NuclearEnergy #FastReactor We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. We'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess. Follow Planet A on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dw_planeta?lang=en Credits: Reporter: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann Video Editor: Frederik Willmann Supervising Editor: Kiyo Dörrer Factcheck: Jeannette Cwienk Thumbnail: Em Chabridon Read More (Links): Great intro to fast reactors, written by Nick Touran: https://whatisnuclear.com/fast-reactor.html Detailed overview on fast reactors: https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/fast-neutron-reactors Another overview: https://www.gen-4.org/generation-iv-criteria-and-technologies/sodium-fast-reactor-sfr Theme park on grounds of old nuclear reactor: https://www.wunderlandkalkar.eu/en Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:10 Fast reactor revolution 04:13 Why they vanished 07:23 Time for a comeback? 10:47 A few big IFs