[stylin_geek]

Thanks for the post, I was about to say the same thing, but your documentation is much better. If I remember correctly, "spent" nuclear fuel rods have merely fallen below the parameters necessary to sustain a fission reaction because fuel density has dropped below the necessary concentration. So, by reprocessing, the nuclear material brought back to a density that will sustain a fission reaction. Someone somewhere probably has a better take on this, though.

[backhoe]

Appreciate it, neighbor. My understanding is that the French, Germans, and many others using reactors recycle the stuff, and we don't due mostly to Carter's fear of "proliferation."
( Yes, we really kept that genie in the bottle.... )