• BussyCat@lemmy.world
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      15 days ago

      There isn’t really any reason to enrich to 60% if you aren’t going for weapons grade, 20% HALEU fuel is the highest breakeven I know of where the benefit to enrich to 20% can in certain reactors outweigh the cost of enrichment but even then 20% is considered uncommonly high for most power plants 60% is just another beast with a hugely added cost