MIT report: don't reprocess spent fuel

We have seen that reactions after the Fukushima accident have led to calls for changes in nuclear waste policy.  Some have argued that the involvement of spent fuel pools in the Fukushima disaster argues for reprocessing or other approaches besides allowing spent reactor fuel to sit around indefinitely.  Others have argued that the plutonium leaking from the damaged Fukushima reactor that used MOX fuel shows we shouldn't reprocess.

A new MIT research study out today argues that after Fukushima we should revisit our entire nuclear waste strategy.  It states that there is no urgent need to reprocess, so the best course of action is to store waste in a temporary, stable, and regularly managed form and leave the option open of reprocessing decades in the future if uranium supplies dwindle. 

This is a new and different approach to the whole nuclear waste question.  Check out more details in this New York Times article.