The world is running out of easy answers to meet the skyrocketing energy demand. Driven by the boom in artificial intelligence data centers, electric vehicles , and household energy needs, the International Energy Agency warned that new energy generation and storage technologies are not coming online fast enough. Policymakers are searching for the next “great breakthrough” in clean energy. But one breakthrough already exists, and it’s proven, domestic, and within reach.

Before we start mining new minerals or betting on physics still under development, we should revisit a technology America mastered decades ago and then abandoned: recycling the nuclear fuel we have already used. This overlooked, commonsense energy solution offers a chance for the United States to reclaim its l

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