Weasel words. Reprocessing spent nuclear fuel introduces a MASSIVE regulatory boondoggle.
Weasel words. Reprocessing spent nuclear fuel introduces a MASSIVE regulatory boondoggle.
The author very unfortunately did not understand that there is NO "reprocessing" necessary for our reactors to reuse fuel. Why, oh why, don't we get to preview what they write. Wording is so important in such a massively misunderstood space.
It is a proven process utilized previously in fuel manufacture, and simply adds a little new fuel to existing used fuel. It does not involving isolating any portions of the fuel as done in reprocessing (which is the main "proliferation hazard" of reprocessing).
-COO UPower
EDIT: It turns out that the article was inaccurate, and they won't be reprocessing. Consider this comment happily retracted!