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FEDERAL COMMITMENTS REGARDING USED FUEL AND HIGH-LEVEL WASTES

FEDERAL COMMITMENTS REGARDING USED FUEL AND HIGH-LEVEL WASTES

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Van Ness Feldman
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At the request of the Blue Ribbon Commission Staff,1 Van Ness Feldman examined the following question: What commitments has the Federal Government made to states, communities, private companies, and others related to the disposal of used fuel and high-level wastes? Spent nuclear fuel (referred to herein as “used fuel”) and high-level radioactive waste (“HLW”) are the by-products of commercial nuclear energy generation, defense production of nuclear weapons materials, and research and medical activities that utilize nuclear reactors or fission product nuclides. This paper describes the Federal
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Legal Analysis of Commission Recommendations for Near-Term Actions

Legal Analysis of Commission Recommendations for Near-Term Actions

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Van Ness Feldman
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At the request of the staff to the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future (“BRC”), we have reviewed whether certain recommendations in the BRC’s July 29, 2011 Draft Report respecting near-term actions by the Department of Energy (“DOE”) or other officers or agencies in the Executive Branch can be implemented under existing law. These recommendations relate to:
(1) Initial steps to site, license and construct consolidated interim storage facilities for spent nuclear fuel (“spent fuel”);

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Legal Background and Questions Concerning the Federal Government’s Contractual Obligations Under the “Standard Contracts” with “Utilities”

Legal Background and Questions Concerning the Federal Government’s Contractual Obligations Under the “Standard Contracts” with “Utilities”

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Van Ness Feldman
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This Memorandum analyzes issues related to the Standard Contract between the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) and the “utilities.” Beginning with a discussion of specific provisions of the Standard Contract, this Memorandum then analyzes the status of lawsuits involving the Standard Contract, reviews issues related to on-site storage of spent fuel and HLW, and assesses the prospects for modifying the current waste-disposal regime through Federal legislation or amendments to the Standard Contract.

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Attachment 1 - Memo, Reply to Letter to Mr. Tim Frazier

Attachment 1 - Memo, Reply to Letter to Mr. Tim Frazier

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Blue Ribbon Commission
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This memo sets forth the Office of Standard Contract Management's current estimate of the US Government's liability in connection with the Government's partial breach of the "standard contracts" that it executed pursuant to the NWPA of 1982. The Office of Standard Contract Management estimates that liability, as of today and based on the analysis and qualifications set forth below, to be $15.4 billion.
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Aspects of Governance in the Practical Implementation of the Concept of Reversibility for Deep Geological Disposal

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Aspects of Governance in the Practical Implementation of the Concept of Reversibility for Deep Geological Disposal

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COWAM
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The European project COWAM in Practice (CIP) was aimed to lead for three years (2007-2009) a process of monitoring, analyzing and evaluating the governance linked with radioactive waste management. This project, in cooperation with a research group and stakeholders, was conducted in parallel in 5 European countries (Spain, France, United Kingdom, Romania, Slovenia).

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Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, First Spanish National Report

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Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, First Spanish National Report

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Spain
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The present document constitutes the First National Report of Spain, drawn up in order to meet the requirements of Article 32 of the Joint Convention on the safety of spent fuel management and on the safety of radioactive waste management, adopted in Vienna on 5th September 1997. This Convention, which was signed by Spain on 30th June 1998 and ratified on 11th May 1999, entered into force on 18th June 2001.

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Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, Fourth Spanish National Report

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Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, Fourth Spanish National Report

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Spain
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The present document constitutes the Fourth Spanish National Report, submitted in compliance with the requirements of article 32 of the Joint Convention on Safety in the Management of Spent Fuel and Safety in the Management of Radioactive Waste, done in Vienna on September 5th 1997. This report will be examined during the review meeting of the Contracting Parties contemplated in article 30 of this Convention, which will begin in May 2012.

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Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, Second Spanish National Report

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Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, Second Spanish National Report

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Spain
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The present document constitutes the Second Spanish National Report, issued in compliance with the requirements of article 32 of the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management (hereinafter, Joint Convention), made in Vienna on September 5th 1997. This report will be examined during the Review Meeting between the Contracting Parties contemplated in article 30 of the Joint Convention, which is scheduled to start on May 15th 2006. The Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade (Span.

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Identifying remaining socio-technical challenges at the national level: Spain

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Identifying remaining socio-technical challenges at the national level: Spain

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Meritxell Martell Lamolla
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On 29 December 2009, the Spanish government launched a site selection process to host a centralised interim storage facility for spent fuel and high-level radioactive waste. It was an unprecedented call for voluntarism among Spanish municipalities to site a controversial facility. Two nuclear municipalities, amongst a total of thirteen municipalities from five different regions, presented their candidatures to host the facility in their territories. For two years the government did not make a decision.

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