{"id":16126,"date":"2017-01-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/the-new-plan-to-store-nuclear-waste-in-sa\/"},"modified":"2017-01-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T00:00:00","slug":"the-new-plan-to-store-nuclear-waste-in-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/the-new-plan-to-store-nuclear-waste-in-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"The new plan to store nuclear waste in SA"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Adelaide Uni\u2019s Ben Heard says South Australia should open its doors to the above ground storage of used nuclear fuel rods.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a huge need and a great budget,\u201d Ben told Pilko on FIVEAA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we see it, this stuff still has enormous value and we know technologically, scientifically and now on the cusp of commercialisation the technologies to do that are very well understood.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/303238696&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ben said there was no need to spend $30 billion on deep underground storage\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur proposal suggests that we should reinvest that money instead in the recycling facilities and the type of new reactors that can treat this material more like a mineral.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOr we get rid of the really true waste\u2026 and actually create a new power sector for ourselves recycling the remainder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said in the case of a malfunction, these new reactors wouldn\u2019t meltdown in the same way as older versions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe core design purpose behind these reactors was to overcome those types of possibilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese reactors work with metal fuel and metal coolant. 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