RE: Should we recycle nuclear waste?
NO! Recycle is the last choice.
The recycle symbol three arrows are for reduce, reduce and recycle. New nuclear plants should use the new safer neutron injection reactors being developed that use depleted uranium and use a cyclotron or other mechanism to add sufficient neutrons to the fuel to sustain the reaction. The advantages are significant. In addition to using what are currently considered spent rods as fuel, then are not capable of enriching the uranium and hence safe to supply power for even Iran or North Korea. In addition, turn off the neutron injection and the reactor is off and quickly goes cold.
Reuse what is now considered waste. Think outside the box,
