Sorry to repost this (I used it in a reply above) but spent fuel is not the only waste produced by a plant: http://www.euronuclear.org/info/encyclopedia/w/waste

Sorry to repost this (I used it in a reply above) but spent fuel is not the only waste produced by a plant: http://www.euronuclear.org/info/encyclopedia/w/waste-radioactive-nnp.htm http://www.euronuclear.org/info/encyclopedia/w/waste-radioac...