If the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle is managed effectively, spent nuclear fuel is stored in sites that pose negligible risks to the environment or the public.

FORBES: Nuclear Power's Long and Toxic Tail

Daniel Roderick, senior vice president of GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, a joint venture between General Electric and Japan's Hitachi, told Bloomberg the company is looking to secure contracts to deliver reactor technology, nuclear services, and nuclear fuel cycle services to Saudi Arabia.

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And the Russians said, well all right, if the Iranians want to possess the whole, what's called the nuclear fuel cycle, that is, to have a guaranteed stream of nuclear fuel for power plants, which involves enriching uranium, we'll do it in conjunction with Iran, but in Russia.

NPR: Iran's Response to International Pressure over Nukes

Governments that themselves benefit from nuclear energy and the fuel cycle.

NPR: Transcript of Ahmadinejad's U.N. Speech