[jaz.357]

Good luck with that.

[brivette]

as a former navy nuke, the choice is between “small is beautiful” and technology. I choose the latter.

[lgjhn23]

If I’m not mistaken, I believe the DOE has been charging the nuclear power industry 1 mill/MWHR for many, many years now to pay for this facility.
IF they are refusing to do anything with it, perhaps the DOE should return the money so that consumers can get a rate decrease. /s

[agooga]

THORIUM is the future.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/williampentland/2011/09/11/is-thorium-the-biggest-energy-breakthrough-since-fire-possibly/

[JoeFromSidney]

Most of what's in those "spent fuel" rods is perfectly usable uranium. Instead of burying the stuff, we should be reprocessing it. Yes, it's slightly depleted in U235, but by the same token it's "enriched" in U238. Separate out the fission products, and we'l eventually need that stuff for breeder reactors.

Thorium is a separate issue. I'm in favor of going ahead with that, too. "All of the above," to borrow a phrase.