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"Nuclear waste" is a term that is used to describe the byproduct, but also all the equipments that came in contact with radioactive material (cf [0]). So while we can indeed reuse some of the waste on other future nuclear facilities, there will still always be some kind of waste.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_waste#Low-level_wa...



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