[Wonder Warthog]

"Oh, that’s right - it’s because Jimmah Cahtah wrote an EO banning the process so we could “send a message” to other countries. And, in the process, creating a HUGE problem that has stymied the US nuclear power industry."

So, riddle me this. WHY is that Carter "Executive Order" still in force?? Why didn't Reagan or Bush simply issue a new one??

[ga medic]

I am not sure, but I watched this segment on sixty minutes and I think they were saying that the recycled fuel, if it is continued to be used, can be used for weapons. I may have been mistaken but there was definately something about that. Maybe someone who knows more about nuclear power than I do can tell us the answer.