For a fusiontorch the figures are around 5, 000 tonnes and 1, 000 tonnes respectively.
ECONOMIST: Nuclear waste
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The idea of the fusiontorch attracted a lot of attention, and won its inventors an award from America's Atomic Energy Commission.
ECONOMIST: Nuclear waste
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According to Dr Eastlund, breaking nuclear waste up into its constituent elements using a fusiontorch would have a number of advantages over the chemical approach.