`no}}  High-level radioactive waste  The first sentence in the part about ``High-level radioactive waste`` must be deletet because it has no source - the source which is given does not mention the claim ``The world's nuclear fleet creates about 10,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel each year.``[1]       still disputed: I have tagged the reference. Perhaps someone else can get a copy and resolve this. Thanks,    :: Hi Gladius44 and Celestra, the claim indeed has a source - it is on p. 141 of a book of mine but also available in this study here http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tej.2013.01.008 (It's behind a paywall but email me and I would be happy to share it). As this study notes, we know that a single nuclear reactor will consume an average 32,000 fuel rods over the course of its lifetime, and it will also produce 20 to 30 tons of spent nuclear fuel per year. This is why an average of about 2,200 metric tons annually is produced for all of the US. You get to the 10,000 tons number by simply multiplying the 20 to 30 tons per reactor by the ~430 reactors in the world, leading to a total somewhere between 8600 and 12900 tons.    :::This United States NRC link disagrees. ``2,000 to 2,400 tons are produced each year`` :::http://www.nrc.gov/waste/spent-fuel-storage/faqs.html :::    == Nuclear powered submarines ==  Can anyone tell me how much electrical power (in megawatts)is produced by the reactors in nuclear powered submarines?    == Semi-protected edit request on 3 January 2014 ==  {{edit semi-protected||answered=`