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Small nuclear reactors produce '35x more waste' than big plants

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Naively, it sounds like there would be a surface-area:volume problem. The same volume of fuel used in smaller machines would mean a greater surface area (being irradiated). Given that "surface area" includes moving coolant it seems inevitable and unavoidable they would produce more waste.

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