On 29 Feb 2004 07:34:58 -0800, jim rozen wrote:
In article , Gary Coffman says...
Presently, in the US, there is no breeder activity (the two main
breeders in the US are currently shut down), and spent fuel rods
from commercial reactors are stored on site rather than being
recycled.

Why? There's no economic or technical incentive to do so,
and there's a *huge* political cost to be paid if one tries
to do so. This is hardly likely to change in the near
future.

That's Ok. The era of cheap oil isn't over yet. People are
still willing to trade blood for oil. But when the era of cheap
oil does end, and people are shivering in the dark, their
view of nuclear power may become more enlightened.
Or not. In the latter case, most of them will die.

Gary