Film : ` ` America 's Promise '' offers ` ` half - truths '' promoting integral fast reactors . Government : IFRs cut ` ` due to theft , misuse '' of plutonium , which is used for weapons . Others told Stone that the reactor , by `` recycling '' its own used , or `` spent , '' fuel , would conserve uranium resources and produce much less nuclear waste than conventional reactors . Government falsely says it ca n't melt down , says Edwin Lyman of the Union of American Scientists .
Film : ` ` America 's Promise '' offers ` ` half - truths '' promoting integral fast reactors . Government : IFRs cut ` ` due to theft , misuse '' of plutonium , which is used for weapons . Government falsely says it ca n't melt down , says Edwin Lyman of the Union of American Scientists .