TIL: Nuclear Waste Could Power the World for 72 Years | Today I Learned

something that was so surprising to me

something that was so surprising to me when I started thinking about nuclear

when I started thinking about nuclear

when I started thinking about nuclear waste was the amount of energy that’s

waste was the amount of energy that’s

waste was the amount of energy that’s left in it so you could take all 270,000

left in it so you could take all 270,000

left in it so you could take all 270,000 metric tons of nuclear waste that exists

metric tons of nuclear waste that exists

metric tons of nuclear waste that exists worldwide and you could turn that into

worldwide and you could turn that into

worldwide and you could turn that into enough electricity to power the entire

enough electricity to power the entire

enough electricity to power the entire world for 72 years even taking into

world for 72 years even taking into

world for 72 years even taking into account increasing energy demand so it’s

account increasing energy demand so it’s

account increasing energy demand so it’s just staggering and I think that we can

just staggering and I think that we can

just staggering and I think that we can start thinking of this nuclear waste as

start thinking of this nuclear waste as

start thinking of this nuclear waste as a resource to be tapped

a resource to be tapped

a resource to be tapped rather than a liability that we need to

rather than a liability that we need to

rather than a liability that we need to sweep under the rug