Improvements in which area would help reduce the possibility of damage to the environment when using uranium as a fuel?

More-efficient extraction techniques can reduce the amount of mining and processing needed to obtain uranium, limiting disruption and pollution at extraction sites. Thicker reactor shielding mainly protects against radiation during operation, while uranium reactors use fission, not fusion. Stronger-pumping wells do not directly address the environmental impacts of obtaining uranium fuel.

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