Eli5 why can’t radioactive waste be used again? Why is it waste?
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While the other posters are correct and that nuclear waste has far less nuclear fuel then it started with, It still has more fuel than a uranium mine will have. So I think your question is a good one. This is the answer:
> [In 1977, the President decided to indefinitely defer commercial nuclear spent fuel reprocessing in the United States because of the risks of nuclear technology and/or materials being diverted from such plants.](https://www.gao.gov/products/emd-80-38)
I think that is silly.
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