OCU:
Very true! Mine was a loaded question to Clo, but secure transport of unused rods is still important but not nearly as hazardous as transporting spent fuel rods.
However, Obama doing nothing about permanently storing spent fuel rods as well as recovery of materials from spent fuel rods smacks of gross negligence, gross laziness, gross ignorance, or gross something. I should think Fukushima would have stirred him a little bit.
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