How can used nuclear waste be used as an energy resource?
According to the company, Nuclear Solutions, Inc.’s technology for radioactive waste remediation and electricity generation “is the solution the nuclear power industry has been seeking for 50 years.” NSOL President and CEO Dr. Paul M. Brown says, “We have a technology whereby we can render nuclear waste no longer radioactive. We can make it stable. [and] The real beauty of this process is, it actually produces power, so we have a safe, clean, efficient method of generating power that just happens to burn nuclear waste.” Industrially, the company says, the process would operate at a sub-critical level, so that the heat produced could be used to generate electricity in a safe and environmentally benign manner. Brown calls his new process the HyperconTM ADS process (ADS stands for Accelerator-Driven System). Japanese and French scientists have recently confirmed that ADS systems are valid and feasible. According to the Wall Street Reporter, Brown characterizes the new ADS process as “revo
