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NUWCEM 2025

Event Location
Palais des Papes, Place du Palais, Avignon, France

Cementation is a widely applied technique for the conditioning of low – and intermediate – level radioactive wastes.  However, specific issues have still to be addressed, such as the limitation of adverse cement-waste interactions which may affect the quality of the resulting solidified waste form, or the understanding and prediction of long-term properties of the waste packages and cement barriers.

Nuclear Power Plant Infrastructure Evaluations for Removal of Spent Nuclear Fuel (2024)

This report fulfills the M3 milestone M3SF-23PN0203020614, “Updated NPP Site Evaluation Report (2).” This report is an update of the 2021 report Nuclear Power Plant Infrastructure Evaluations for Removal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and includes expansion of the site evaluations to include operating nuclear power plant (NPP) sites and to incorporate updated site inventory data. Figures that include the number of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) assemblies and metric tons heavy metal (MTHM) in a single figure have also been added to the report.

Introduction to Consent-Based Siting Flyer

What is Consent-Based Siting?

Consent-based siting is an approach to siting facilities that prioritizes the participation and needs of people and communities and seeks their willing and informed consent to accept a project in their community. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is using a consent-based siting approach to identify one or more sites for federal consolidated interim storage facilities for commercial spent nuclear fuel.

Understanding DOE’s Critical Decision Process Flyer

Understanding DOE’s Critical Decision Process: Progress Toward a Consolidated Interim Storage Facility for Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel

The critical decision (CD) process is used by the Department of Energy (DOE) to manage the Department’s large-scale, long-term projects, also known as capital projects. CD-0 was recently approved for DOE’s Consolidated Interim Storage Facility project. Learn more about this milestone.

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Security of Fuel in Transit (Nuclear Regulatory Commission)

Security of Fuel in Transit (Nuclear Regulatory Commission)

Description:

A flyer by the NRC that describes security measures and related logistics applied to spent fuel in transit. It explains the agencies involved and major responsibilities of each as well as notable safety practices required by NRC regulations.





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Backgrounder on Radioactive Waste

Backgrounder on Radioactive Waste (Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2024)

Description:

A brief document by the NRC explaining the various types and levels of radioactive waste regulated by the NRC. It describes the radiological behavior of nuclear materials and how that influences how the waste is handled and what safety considerations are present. It also describes the responsibilities of the NRC, DOE, EPA, DOT, and DOI are where radioactive waste is concerned.


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