Theory 129/Nuclear fuel cycle/Termination phase
Closure Is Recovery Against Loss
The claim
Whether a fuel cycle closes is set by the ratio of recovered fissile material to process losses, so a small loss rate makes recycling pointless.
01Mechanism
Reprocessing must return more material than it consumes.
02Prediction
Closure should track the ratio.
03Refutation
Closure tracking reprocessing capacity would remove losses.