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Czech Republic / ‘Teplator’ Can Use Spent Nuclear Fuel Rods To Heat Cities, Say Scientists

By David Dalton
16 April 2021

‘Teplator’ Can Use Spent Nuclear Fuel Rods To Heat Cities, Say Scientists
The Teplator uses the radioactive decay heat produced by spent fuel rods from nuclear reactors to heat water. Courtesy CTU Prague.
A team of scientists in the Czech Republic has come up with a way of heating cities using spent nuclear rods, which they say is cost-effective and greener than natural gas.

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