Legislative Calendar

Legislative Calendar
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce
Publisher:
Total Pages: 572
Release: 2005
Genre:
ISBN:

CIS Annual

CIS Annual
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 672
Release: 2006
Genre: Government publications
ISBN:

Fuel Cycle to Nowhere

Fuel Cycle to Nowhere
Author: Richard Burleson Stewart
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2011-08-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0826517765

The origins of the current nuclear waste disposal crisis and directions for future policy

Closing Yucca Mountain

Closing Yucca Mountain
Author: Todd Garvey
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 25
Release: 2011-05
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1437983162

Passed in 1982, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA) was an effort to establish an explicit statutory basis for the Dept. of Energy (DoE) to dispose of the nation's most highly radioactive nuclear waste. The NWPA requires DoE to remove spent nuclear fuel from commercial nuclear power plants and transport it to a permanent geologic repository. In 1987, Congress designated Yucca Mountain, NV (YM), as the repository. Contents of this report: Intro.; Establishing a Permanent Geologic Repository for High-Level Nuclear Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel; YM and the Obama Admin.; Blue Ribbon Comm. on America's Nuclear Future; Withdrawal of the YM Construction License; NRC Halts YM License Review; The Future of YM. A print on demand report.

Internationalization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Internationalization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Author: Russian Academy of Sciences
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2009-01-26
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0309185947

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 introduction of many new power reactors will lead to requiring increased uranium enrichment services to provide the reactor fuel, the proliferation risk of adding enrichment facilities in countries that do not have them now led to proposals to provide the needed fuel without requiring indigenous enrichment facilities. Similar concerns exist for reprocessing facilities. Internationalization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle summarizes key issues and analyses of the topic, offers some criteria for evaluating options, and makes findings and recommendations to help the United States, the Russian Federation, and the international community reduce proliferation and other risks, as nuclear power is used more widely. This book is intended for all those who are concerned about the need for assuring fuel for new reactors and at the same time limiting the spread of nuclear weapons. This audience includes the United States and Russia, other nations that currently supply nuclear material and technology, many other countries contemplating starting or growing nuclear power programs, and the international organizations that support the safe, secure functioning of the international nuclear fuel cycle, most prominently the International Atomic Energy Agency.