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Re:Nuclear plant shutdowns tied to coal pollution, decreased... by vidarh on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @08:04AM (#14041427)
It has been done since the 70's [1]. It has been banned in the US since '76 due to proliferation concerns. There are certainly challenges, but most of those challenges are down to stupid choices that were made in the 60's. Newer plants will continue to bring down the cost of using reprocessed fuel.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_reprocessing

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