Iran has sent mixed signals about its response to the plan, under which much of the low-enriched uranium Iran has produced in its controversial enrichment program would be shipped abroad for processing, a step that would ease Western concerns about Iran's nuclear intentions.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

Consultation on plans to build a nuclear waste processing plant on the Romney Marsh has seen 63% of residents and 50% of businesses reject the idea.

BBC: Romney Marsh nuclear waste plan opposed by 63%

South Korea has stressed that the reprocessing technology it is seeking to master, called pyro processing, is crucial to managing its growing nuclear waste, which could potentially pose an environmental threat.

WSJ: Seoul Seeks Ability to Make Nuclear Fuel

In February, prosecutors accused the director of Mayak, Russia's main waste processing plant in the Ural Mountains, of allowing tons of radioactive nuclear waste to flow into a nearby river.

NPR: Russia Plans Nuclear Power Expansion