Reprocessing spent rods was made illegal by Carter. That would have to be overturned by Congress, I believe. In the meantime, waste continues to build up in surface storage because Carter and other presidents have cut deals with foreign government to have their spent waste shipped here. Every person, or household, in the USA who pays a utility bill has contributed to the $15 billion dollars that has been spent on Yucca Mountain which Harry Reid shuttered =- sealing up millions of dollars of machinery in the bottom of a mountain. It’s a fraud and a disgrace!
>>Reprocessing spent rods was made illegal by Carter. That would have to be overturned by Congress, I believe
IIRC, he did it by E.O. which Reagan repealed. But, in the mean time, all the reprocessing infrastructure was scrapped.
Yeah, I remember the Carter edict. That needs to go away, and our nuclear power industry brought into the 21st century.