Photonic

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Sounds awesome indeed…. And this maximum is yearly?

We have a mandatory out-of-pocket maximum (set by the government) of ~ €400, which, if you don’t expect to use much health care, you can increase to ~ €900 in exchange for a reduction in your monthly fee. Still, some people complain about that maximum, but I think they would complain a lot less if they knew a little more about the US system.

This is Donald Trump we’re talking about. Things that may be true one day are completely bogus the next and everyone who mentions it is a despicable person for even bringing it up. This man doesn’t know what keeping your word even means. He thinks following through with something because you promised it is a sign of weakness, because why wouldn’t you double-cross somebody and change the rules after the game is over if you’re going to get a better deal out of it?

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My delivery driver:

Good things come to those who wait

Well, shit…

It’s not necessarily nuclear waste. It’s mostly uranium and thorium, which can be used as nuclear fuel. So it’s a byproduct that can be enriched to be used to fuel NPPs–or rather a product that occurs naturally at the same places as rare earths metals and is inevitably mined with them.

Likewise, REMs are a byproduct from uranium refinery. In the future, they may even be recovered from spent nuclear fuel rods (as fission products).

The main problem with REM refining is the chemical process and environmentally toxic chemical waste.