Category of Content
Siting Experience Documents Only
Publication Date
Keywords
Legal Analysis of Commission Recommendations for Near-Term Actions
Legal Analysis of Commission Recommendations for Near-Term Actions
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”);
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”
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.
Attachment 1 - Memo, Reply to Letter to Mr. Tim Frazier
Attachment 1 - Memo, Reply to Letter to Mr. Tim Frazier
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.
...
Used Nuclear Fuel-Storage, Transportation & Disposal Analysis Resource and Data System (UNF-ST&DARDS)
Used Nuclear Fuel-Storage, Transportation & Disposal Analysis Resource and Data System (UNF-ST&DARDS)
Slides - 2014 WM Symposia, March 2-6, 2014, Phoenix, AZ
Criticality Safety Assessment for As-loaded Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Casks
Criticality Safety Assessment for As-loaded Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Casks
Subcriticality Demonstration Options for Direct Disposal of Dual-purpose Canisters
Subcriticality Demonstration Options for Direct Disposal of Dual-purpose Canisters
CRITICALITY SAFETY ANALYSIS OF AS-LOADED SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL CASKS
CRITICALITY SAFETY ANALYSIS OF AS-LOADED SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL CASKS
UNF-ST&DARDS presentation to WM2015
UNF-ST&DARDS presentation to WM2015
A comprehensive, integrated data and analysis tool—the Used Nuclear Fuel-Storage, Transportation & Disposal Analysis Resource and Data System (UNF-ST&DARDS) —is being developed for the US DOE Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE) Nuclear Fuels Storage and Transportation Planning Project (NFST). The overarching goal of UNF-ST&DARDS is to provide a comprehensive controlled source of technical data integrated with key analysis capabilities to characterize inputs to the overall US waste management system from reactor power production through ultimate disposition.