Rafael Grossi, director-general of the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has downplayed the chances of nuclear reprocessing becoming a reality in many nations.
In an interview with Reuters, Grossi said he doesn’t see many nations looking seriously into reprocessing as it is a “very difficult technology” that requires a lot of infrastructure. However, if countries were to pursue it, the IAEA would work to make sure that such activities would remain safe, he said.
“Nobody will be doing reprocessing without the IAEA being involved,” Grossi insisted, while calling any recycling of nuclear waste undertaken by North Korea an exception….