Because nuclear waste is not just spent nuclear fuel: intermediate-level waste and some forms of high-level waste (reprocessing spent nuclear fuel seems to gene

Because nuclear waste is not just spent nuclear fuel: intermediate-level waste and some forms of high-level waste (reprocessing spent nuclear fuel seems to generate new waste) still need storage solutions. The Asse II scandal concerned the unsuitable storage of intermediate waste. For some reason some people only speak about the fuel when discussing waste, not the rest of it. I don't know why.