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EM2 can burn used [[nuclear fuel]], also referred to as "[[spent fuel]]" from current [[light water reactors]]. It can utilize an estimated 97% of unused fuel that current reactors leave behind as waste.

Spent fuel rods from conventional nuclear reactors are put into storage and considered to be [[nuclear waste]], by the nuclear industry and the general public.<ref>{{cite news|url=httphttps://articleswww.latimes.com/2010archives/la-xpm-2010-mar/-11/opinion/-la-le-thursday11-2010mar11/-story.html|title=Letter to the Editor in Response to "Nuclear power – not a green option – it generates radioactive waste; it requires uranium that's dangerous to mine; it's hugely expensive,"|last=Parmentola|first=John|date=March 11, 2010|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> Nuclear waste from light water reactors retains more than 95% of its original energy because such reactors cannot burn fertile U238, while fast reactors can. The current U.S. inventory of spent fuel is equivalent to nine trillion barrels of oil - four times more than the known reserves.

==Non-proliferation==