Why extracting plutonium from spent nuclear reactor fuel is a bad idea Background: The Bush administration is requesting a FY2008 budget of $405 million for its major new nuclear energy initiative, the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP), which involves "reprocessing" the used…

Department of Energy Research Shows Technology Does Not Reduce Risks of Nuclear Proliferation and Terrorism Background The Bush administration requested $250 million in its fiscal 2007 budget as a first installment for a program to "reprocess" spent fuel from nuclear power reactors. Spent fuel is…