The Idaho National Lab created a `wonder fuel.` Now, it`s radioactive waste that won`t go away
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In the early days of atomic energy, the federal government powered up an experimental reactor in Idaho with an ambitious goal: create a `wonder fuel` for the nation.The reactor was one of the nation`s first `breeder` reactors _ designed to make its own new plutonium fuel while it generated electricity, solving what scientists at the time thought was a looming shortage of uranium for power plants and nuclear weapons.Today, its only legacy is 26 metric tons of highly [...] ......