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Recycling Nuclear Waste
For 30 years the United States has banned the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel into weapons-grade plutonium because it could fall into the hands of terrorists or rogue states. Now a proposal from the Bush administration would reverse that policy and beg
The Bush administration wants to reverse a 30-year policy against reprocessing nuclear waste. The costly process was banned because it produces plutonium, which could be used to make weapons. But the government says new technology could make this “recycling” safe. Living on Earth’s Jeff Young reports.