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The nuclear approach I'm involved in is called a traveling-wave reactor, which uses waste uranium for fuel. There's a lot of things that have to go right for that dream to come true - many decades of building demo plants, proving the economics are right. But if it does, you could have cheaper energy with no CO2 emissions.
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Bill Gates outlines the potential of traveling-wave reactors to use waste uranium for cheaper and cleaner energy.
In this quote, Bill Gates discusses his involvement in the development of a traveling-wave reactor, a type of nuclear reactor that could revolutionize energy production by using waste uranium as fuel. He emphasizes that while the benefits could lead to cheaper energy and significant reductions in CO2 emissions, realizing this goal will require many years of work, including constructing demonstration plants and validating the economic viability of the technology.
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NuclearEnergyTraveling-Wave ReactorUraniumCo2 Emissions
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