[ RadSafe ] NPT, Reprocessing & Mining Issues

[Otto G. Raabe]

At 02:27 PM 10/2/2008, Dan W McCarn wrote:
>Yes, that is my recollection as well.  I think that Carter's ban on
>reprocessing was intended to send a signal to the rest of the world
>regarding the NPT and non-proliferation, but also that the cost of a full
>nuclear fuel cycle (as apposed to once-through) did not make it an
>economically attractive possibility.
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In this age of environmentalism, we need to stop using the industrial 
term, "reprocessing".

The more publicly friendly term is "recycling".

Recycling fuel somewhat solves one of the other public concerns, 
"What about the waste?"

Otto

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