What is the best reason the US Government should not do this?

Us can turn its nuclear waste into something useful instead of burring it (and avoid the cost of storing it too)-according to iain murray, senior fellow at the competitive enterprise institute, a non-profit public policy organization, britain successfully reuses its nuclear waste as fuel. he notes that as a result, in 2040, britain will only need a tiny (42 feet by 42 feet) space to store the remaining waste that cant be further reprocessed. this means that the us could also use new breeder reactors to reprocess nuclear waste. us nuclear waste would literally be turned into a massive fuel source! There is no need to dump the waste at ut, it could be so small that it can be stored safely on cite at a nuclear facility. safety of ut facility and staff is a wrong answer since the site would be designed to be secure. cost would be a good reason to since the yucca mountain project currently being proposed would cost $8 billion, but really there is no reason to spend money to bury something we can use as a fuel source. some say breeder reactors are risky since they are cooled with liquid-sodium instead of water. however, ann maclachlan of the platts inside nrc magazine, reports that last year japans monju nuclear plant was able to restart its breeder reactor after a previous leak. in-fact, even after japans quake and tsunami there still have not been any reported problems with this reactor.