[biblewonk]

If the reactor reprocessed fuel, as does every other country who has nuclear power, there would be virtually no radio active waste. The aleged reason we do not reprocess is that the waste from the Uranium process is plutonium and could alegedly be stolen by terrorists to make boms. How this is an argument to leave it in pools outside Nuclear facilities I do not know it seems far wiser to process it until it is no longer a threatening material. My only guess is we intend to pack it into war heads should the need arrise.

Pretty irresponsible isn't it? But it maximized profits.

[kharaku]

How did this maximize profits? Are you slow or something? When you spit unused fuel out your gas tank does that SAVE you money? Did it ever occur to you that, in suspision there could someday be a Nuclear war it might be handy to have a bunch of warhead material on hand? It sure has occured to IRAN AND NORTH KOREA!