[rasur]

One should not store the nuclear waste, one should reprocess it.

If one looks at France, for example, one can see that they have been doing this quite successfully for 30+ years.

It's not a know-how problem, it's a political problem.

[tomschwiha]

Is a 100% reprocessing possible?

[rasur]

ok, let me clarify my comment.. storage should occur once the fuel has been reprocessed and re-used enough times to have been exhausted, and then stored.

The "use once and store" attitude that results in needing safe places for highly radioactive material for 100's of thousands of years is insane, when you can just use the stuff until it's "worn out" and the resulting lower level waste only needs caring for for some small handful of decades.

And we need more fast-breeder reactors, too, FWIW.

[Gud]

why does it have to be 100% reprocessable? Why is it always in absolutes as soon as we're talking about nuclear?