If it can be recovered, yes the fissile material can be reused. The French are one of the largest reprocessers of spent nuclear fuel and make a mint doing it. Fuel from subs would actually be easy to clean up compared to "spent" fuel from a power plant. The only reason the US doesn't reprocess is, get this, green peace. Green Peace would rather have us strip mine huge swaths of land for more raw fuel than purify and reuse the spent fuel. Leftists are idiots.
Possibility for recovered nuclear warheads to be re-purposed is a bit un-nerving. Wonder how many are un accounted for, and how close we have come to a Sum of all fears type scenario.
If it can be recovered, yes the fissile material can be reused. The French are one of the largest reprocessers of spent nuclear fuel and make a mint doing it. Fuel from subs would actually be easy to clean up compared to "spent" fuel from a power plant. The only reason the US doesn't reprocess is, get this, green peace. Green Peace would rather have us strip mine huge swaths of land for more raw fuel than purify and reuse the spent fuel. Leftists are idiots.
Possibility for recovered nuclear warheads to be re-purposed is a bit un-nerving. Wonder how many are un accounted for, and how close we have come to a Sum of all fears type scenario.