Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future Report To the Secretary of Energy
Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future Report To the Secretary of Energy
Author(s)
Brent Scowcroft and Lee H. Hamilton
Publication Date
The Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future (the Commission) was chartered to recommend a new strategy for managing the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle. The strategy in this report has eight key elements: 1. A new, consent-based approach to siting future nuclear waste management facilities. 2. A new organization dedicated solely to implementing the waste management program and empowered with the authority and resources to succeed. 3. Access to the funds nuclear utility ratepayers are providing for the purpose of nuclear waste management. 4.