The purpose of Yucca Mountain and similar facilities is not to store nuclear waste. Rather, they are built to be expensive. This sits well with those who profi

The purpose of Yucca Mountain and similar facilities is not to store nuclear waste. Rather, they are built to be expensive. This sits well with those who profit directly from their construction, and pleases environmentalists - who want nuclear power to be seen as astronomically expensive. Breeder reactors and proper reprocessing could eliminate the need to store anything longer than about one hundred years, and yet they are forbidden. Why do you suppose that is?