Editing Integral fast reactor (section)

====Onsite reprocessing using pyroprocessing====
Reprocessing is essential to achieve most of the benefits of a fast reactor, improving fuel usage and reducing radioactive waste by several orders of magnitude.<ref name=PE/>

Onsite processing is what makes the IFR "integral". This and the use of pyroprocessing both reduce proliferation risk.<ref name=PE/><ref name="youtube.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuunX3Oc4n4 |title=Roger Blomquist of ANL (Argonne National Lab) on IFR (Integral Fast Reactor) @ TEAC6 . Stated at ~ 19–21 minutes|website=[[YouTube]] |date=12 July 2014 }}</ref>

[[Pyroprocessing]] (using an electrorefiner) has been demonstrated at EBR-II as practical on the scale required. Compared to the [[PUREX]] aqueous process, it is economical in capital cost, and is unsuitable for the production of weapons material, again unlike PUREX which was developed for weapons programs.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}

Pyroprocessing makes metallic fuel the fuel of choice. The two decisions are complementary.<ref name=PE>{{cite book |title=Plentiful Energy: The Story of the Integral Fast Reactor, the Complex History of a Simple Reactor Technology, with Emphasis on Its Scientific Basis for Non-specialists |first1=Charles |last1=Till |first2=Yoon Il |last2=Chang |year=2011 |isbn=9781466384606 |page=114|publisher=Charles E. Till and Yoon Il Chang }}</ref>