The surprising reason why we should recycle nuclear waste

If you care about efficiency, radiation, or emissions, you'll want to know about this

My most-read post was on nuclear waste, but there’s an area I barely touched upon because it deserves its own post: spent fuel recycling.

We should recycle nuclear waste, but few people know why.

First, there is currently enough energy in the stored nuclear waste in the United States to power the entire country for 100 years. That's 100 years of clean ene…