Whether or not waste is reprocessed there will be high level waste that needs to be disposed of. It's merely a matter of volume produced per unit of energy. Either approach is entirely reasonable.
replyThe inability of the US to formally approve a permanent disposal site is purely political. Still, at this point enough other countries have managed to do so that we might eventually be able to pay to export our waste to one of them instead of solving our own dysfunction.
> there will be high level waste that needs to be disposed of
replyFortunately it is self disposing, decaying away. Unlikely plain old mercury or arsenic.
What are the fuel constraints the French have that we don't?
replyIs it geographic (we have a lot more unused/undesirable than France, for example), regulatory, etc?
They had access to uranium sourced cheaply from former North African colonies, but now they no longer have that access.
replyWe have ample deposits and (for now) easy access to Canadian deposits. I imagine that there are deals in place to secure that access at an efficient price given the national security angle at play.
Why can't you? All other forms of power generation do that.
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