A novel approach to use waste radiation from spent fuel rods to reduce carbon dioxide to produce various feedstock chemicals for the chemical industry.<div>The basic radiochemistry has been known for at least four decades. The novel element is how this all can be accomplished safely using spent-fuel assembly radiation. The latter is carbon footprint-free and the product materials are also very pure. There is no residual contamination requiring expensive 'clean-up' unlike chemical industry feedstocks produced by the petrochemical industry.</div>