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Key Issues Associated with Interim Storage of Used Nuclear Fuel
Key Issues Associated with Interim Storage of Used Nuclear Fuel
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY’S SITING GUIDELINES AT 10 CFR 963
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY’S SITING GUIDELINES AT 10 CFR 963
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has amended the policies under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 for evaluating the suitability of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, as a site for development of a nuclear waste repository. The final rule at Title 10, Part 963 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR Part 963) focuses on the criteria and methodology to be used for evaluating relevant geological and other related aspects of the Yucca Mountain site.
U.S. Nuclear Waste Law and Policy: Fixing a Bankrupt System
U.S. Nuclear Waste Law and Policy: Fixing a Bankrupt System
Comments to BRC Subcommittee Meeting
Comments to BRC Subcommittee Meeting
Review of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Survey of Crystalline Rocks
Review of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Survey of Crystalline Rocks
Nuclear Waste Disposal: Alternatives to Yucca Mountain
Nuclear Waste Disposal: Alternatives to Yucca Mountain
Congress designated Yucca Mountain, NV, as the nation’s sole candidate site for a permanent high-level nuclear waste repository in 1987, following years of controversy over the site-selection process. Over the strenuous objections of the State of Nevada, the Department of Energy (DOE) submitted a license application for the proposed Yucca Mountain repository in June 2008 to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
Results of Staff Review of Topical Report on Extreme Erosion
Results of Staff Review of Topical Report on Extreme Erosion
Nuclear Waste Policy: How We Got Here
Nuclear Waste Policy: How We Got Here
MRS Feasibility Assessment Grant: Technical Progress Report
MRS Feasibility Assessment Grant: Technical Progress Report
On January 13, 1993, Governor of the State of Utah, Mike Leavitt officially announced that he was opposing a MRS Facility in the State of Utah and informed San Juan County of his decision which will preclude the County from applying for a Phase IIa feasibility grant. A copy of the policy statement made by Governor Leavitt is attached for your information.
Enhancing the Role of State and Local Governments in America's Nuclear Future: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Enhancing the Role of State and Local Governments in America's Nuclear Future: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
The Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future was formed by the Secretary of<br/>Energy at the direction of the President. The Commission was formed to conduct a<br/>comprehensive review of policies for managing the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle, including<br/>all alternatives for the storage, processing, and disposal of civilian and defense used nuclear fuel,<br/>high–level waste, and materials derived from nuclear activities.
SEAB: Earning Public Trust and Confidence: Requisites for Managing Radioactive Wastes
SEAB: Earning Public Trust and Confidence: Requisites for Managing Radioactive Wastes
Selected List of Publicly Available EPRI Technical Reports Relevant to Blue Ribbon Commission Subcommittee Topics, Electric Power Research Institute, Used Fuel and HLW Management Program
Selected List of Publicly Available EPRI Technical Reports Relevant to Blue Ribbon Commission Subcommittee Topics, Electric Power Research Institute, Used Fuel and HLW Management Program
Report to Congress on the Demonstration of the Interim Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel from Decommissioned Nuclear Power Reactor Sites
Report to Congress on the Demonstration of the Interim Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel from Decommissioned Nuclear Power Reactor Sites
Report to Congress on Reassessment of the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program, Report to the Congress by the Secretary of Energy
Report to Congress on Reassessment of the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program, Report to the Congress by the Secretary of Energy
The success of the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program of the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) is critical to U.S. ability to manage and dispose of
nuclear waste safely--and to the reestablishment of confidence in the nuclear energy
option in the United States. The program must conform with all applicable standards
and, in fact, set the example for a national policy on the safe disposal of radioactive
waste.
The Secretary of Energy has recently completed an extensive review of the
Internationalization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle--Goals, Strategies, and Challenges
Internationalization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle--Goals, Strategies, and Challenges
The so-called nuclear renaissance has increased worldwide interest in nuclear power.
This potential growth also has increased, in some quarters, concern that nonproliferation
considerations are not being given sufficient attention. In particular, since the introduction of
many new power reactors will lead to requiring an increase in uranium enrichment services to
provide the reactor fuel, the proliferation risk of adding enrichment facilities in countries that do
Report to the Secretary of Energy on the Conclusions and Recommendations of the Advisory Panel o Alternative Means of Financing and Managing (AMFM) Radioactive Waste Management Facilities
Report to the Secretary of Energy on the Conclusions and Recommendations of the Advisory Panel o Alternative Means of Financing and Managing (AMFM) Radioactive Waste Management Facilities
The AMFM Panel has submitted its report "Managing Nuclear
Waste - A Better Idea" to the Secretary. The report contains six
general conclusions and one general recommendation in Chapter
XII. In addition, Chapter X contains 14 specific enhancements
("Key Components of Any Waste Management Structure") that are
recommended for implementation by the Office of Civilian Radioactive
Waste Management (OCRWM) or any alternative organization.
This paper lists and discusses the 6 general conclusions, the
Federal Policy for the Disposal of Highly Radioactive Wastes from Commercial Nuclear Power Plans, An Historical Analysis
Federal Policy for the Disposal of Highly Radioactive Wastes from Commercial Nuclear Power Plans, An Historical Analysis
How to dispose of highly radioactive wastes from commercial nuclear power plants is a question that has remained unresolved in the face of rapidly changing technological, economic, and political requirements. In the three decades following World War II, two federal agencies--the Atomic Energy Commission and the Energy Research and Development Administration--tried unsuccessfully to develop a satisfactory plan for managing high level wastes.
Consolidated Interim Storage of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel-A Technical and Programmatic Assessment
Consolidated Interim Storage of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel-A Technical and Programmatic Assessment
Approximately 54,000 tons of spent nuclear fuel are stored at operating nuclear power plants and several decommissioned power plants throughout the country. Spent fuel storage at these sites was never intended to be permanent. The current Federal plan is to place the fuel in a repository for permanent disposal in Nevada at Yucca Mountain.
Environmental Impact Statement, Management of Commercially Generated Radioactive Waste. Volume 1
Environmental Impact Statement, Management of Commercially Generated Radioactive Waste. Volume 1
In the course of producing electrical power in light water reactors (LWRs), the uranium
fuel accumulates fission products until the fission process is no longer efficient.for power
production. At that point the fuel is removed from the reactor and stored in water basins
to allow radioactivity to partially decay before further disposition. This fuel is referred
to as "spent fuel." Although spent fuel as it is discharged from a reactor is intensely
radioactive, it has been stored safely in moderate quantities for decades. Spent fuel could
Report on Radioactive Waste Ownership and Management of Long-Term Liabilities in EDRAM Member Countries
Report on Radioactive Waste Ownership and Management of Long-Term Liabilities in EDRAM Member Countries
This report has been prepared by an ad-hoc Working Group (WG) formed by ANDRA (France), NUMO (Japan), NAGRA (Switzerland) and ENRESA (Spain) in May 2003, after the EDRAM meeting held in Valencia to study the situation in the different EDRAM member countries regarding the treatment of radioactive waste ownership and management of long-term liabilities.
The Report to the President and the Congress by the Secretary of Energy on the Need to a Second Repository
The Report to the President and the Congress by the Secretary of Energy on the Need to a Second Repository
The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, as amended (NWPA), establishes a process for the siting, construction and operation of one or more national repositories for permanent disposal of the Nation’s spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level radioactive waste (HLW). In 1987, after the Department of Energy (the Department or DOE) had conducted studies of nine potential repository sites located throughout the United States, Congress amended the NWPA and selected the Yucca Mountain site in Nye County, Nevada as the only site for further study for the first national repository.
Recommendation by the Secretary of Energy of Candidate Sites for Site Characterization for the First Radioactive-Waste Repository
Recommendation by the Secretary of Energy of Candidate Sites for Site Characterization for the First Radioactive-Waste Repository
The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (the Act), established a
step-by-step process for the siting of the nation's first repository for
high-level radioactive waste and spent fuel. The Act gave the Department of
Energy (DOE) the primary responsibility for conducting this siting process.
The first step in the process laid out in the Act was the development by
the DOE, with the concurrence of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), of
general guidelines to be used by the Secretary of the DOE (the Secretary) in
A Technology Roadmap for Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems, Ten Nations Preparing Today for Tomorrow's Energy Needs
A Technology Roadmap for Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems, Ten Nations Preparing Today for Tomorrow's Energy Needs
The world’s population is expected to expand from
about 6 billion people to 10 billion people by the year
2050, all striving for a better quality of life. As the
Earth’s population grows, so will the demand for energy
and the benefits that it brings: improved standards of
living, better health and longer life expectancy, improved
literacy and opportunity, and many others.