I think what most people don't realize is that fission is not a nice chemical reaction with defined inputs and outputs. Fission creates an entire spectrum of e

I think what most people don't realize is that fission is not a nice chemical reaction with defined inputs and outputs. Fission creates an entire spectrum of elements with different radioactive profiles and nastiness. To handle it and separate out the useful stuff is incredibly complex and expensive. Reprocessing has never been worth simply because of this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fission#/media/File:ThermalFissionYield.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fission#/media/File:Th...