re: #777 McSpiff

Again, blame Jimmy Carter (and you know where I stand on the political spectrum albusteve). Why we want to bury fuel that can be re-enriched and re-used I’ll never understand. The idea that any American plutonium will end up used in foreign weapons is bullshit. Burn, don’t bury.

I agree that the refusal to consider post-processing of nuclear fuel rods is profligate beyond belief. Not only does it extend the fuel supply by an order of magnitude or more - it also substantially reduces both the volume and the storage time of the final end product, making the entire storage problem much, much simpler than what is currently envisioned.

And in addition to all that, it also allows for extraction of many useful isotopes that have applications in both industry and medicine, many of which are currently in short and declining supply as demand for them continues to grow.