The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 13/08/13 07:52, Andy Burns wrote:

If the laser generates heat by alpha and beta decay

..and a lot of high energy neutrons IIRC that can transmute anything
they hit.

article says no neutron decay.

But essentially the mass of waste - esp high level waste so called - is
vastly reduced.

especially as each car only starts with 8g of Thorium, amazing to get a
200,000 mile 'life' out of it