There is already a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant next to the Savannah River site that was built in the 70s by Allied Gulf at a cost of something like 800 million (70s cost) to tax payers. Jimmy Carter would not allow it to be licensed to operate after it was built.
If you really want to get a look at the contamination left behind as the result of nuclear weapons research and production -- do a search for FUSRAP Sites DOE. You can look at the areas one site at a time. My argument is that they have killed more people in this country as a result of the contamination here than they killed with the two atomic bombs in world war two.
After you check the sites, follow up with health issues in that specific area. Fallon, Nevada had a cluster of leukemia cases in an elementary school there. Yes, that turned out to be on the FUSRAP list. I was following another case in a high school in upstate New York where there were several cases of testicular cancer, as well as, other types of cancer. That community proved to be on th list too.
My argument is not that we should compromise our national security, but is with the excesses in the industry that are destroying our planet and feeding the politicians, lobbyists, arms manufacturers feeding at the trough.