Because reprocessing is problematic politically, not technically. Yes, reprocessing involves some ridiculous chemistry, but we know how to deal with it. What we

Because reprocessing is problematic politically, not technically. Yes, reprocessing involves some ridiculous chemistry, but we know how to deal with it. What we don't have is political will, especially when anti-nuclear activists are joined hand-in-hand with war mongers crying about nuclear weapons if anyone tries to go for plutonium economy (France and Japan are considerable way there).