[RummyChick]

btw, how can this Nuke plant be safe when they are seeking more than 100 exemptions from regulations
http://www.allgov.com/Top_Stories/ViewNews/Indian_Point_Nuclear_Plant_Accused_of_Violating_Safety_Rules_110331

It has a reactor on a fault line.

They have already gotten
exemptions for regulations governing fire safety, storage of spent fuel, and systems designed to prevent meltdown.

sheesh, why can’t these Nuke Plant operators just operate their plants in a safe manner - whether it is Japan or the US.

[Neidermeyer]

Can anyone give me a reasonable answer to why spent fuel is stored onsite rather than being reprocessed?

[Reddy]

“why can’t these Nuke Plant operators just operate their plants in a safe manner - whether it is Japan or the US.”

Because, in the case of the US, the EPA is swayed by politics, not science. And $$$ = exemptions.