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Bush Administration to Support Nuclear Recycling

Posted by Zonk on from the with-this-and-plastic-we'll-be-set dept.

Ironsides writes "The Washington Post is reporting the the Bush Administration is planning to re-enrich spent nuclear fuel so that it can once again be used in nuclear reactors. Included in the plan is a proposal to take spent fuel from other countries and re-enrich it for use as well as domestic spent fuel. This would be a break with a policy set forth by President Carter in an attempt to discourage nuclear proliferation. Currently $250 Million as been proposed for FY 2007 to start developing the technology."

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  1. White House by lawrenqj · · Score: 5, Funny

    I still like the idea of burying it under the white house...

    1. Re:White House by Oldsmobile · · Score: 2, Funny

      I think they have it worked out already:

      1. Start war with foreign country
      2. Go to said country
      3. Destroy everything with depleted uranium rounds
      4. Go to 1.

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  2. Everybody say it with me... by skraps · · Score: 2, Funny

    Everybody say it with me... NUKE-U-LER

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  3. Re:Inspection by ivan256 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why do we need inspections? The US isn't hiding anything. We're pretty up front with telling everybody we've got the bomb. Plus it should be fairly obvious, since we actually used a few of them.

    Inspections are to make sure that people who say they *don't* have WMDs aren't lying. If a country admits to having the weapons, you don't need any inspections.

  4. Re:Iran Forbidden to do the same... by timster · · Score: 3, Funny

    You forget that the US is a democracy and democracies never start wars, by definition... at least according to the US government.

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  5. Obligatory SNL quote by The_REAL_DZA · · Score: 2, Funny
    "You can't put too much water in a nuclear reactor."
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