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U.S. Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage (Paperback)
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U.S. Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage (Paperback)
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Regardless of the outcome of the ongoing debate about the proposed
Yucca Mountain geologic waste repository in Nevada, the storage of
spent nuclear fuel (SNF)-also referred to as "highlevel nuclear
waste"-will continue to be needed and the issue will continue to be
debated. The need for SNF storage, even after the first repository
is opened, will continue for a few reasons. The Obama
Administration terminated work on the only planned permanent
geologic repository at Yucca Mountain, which was intended to
provide a destination for most of the stored SNF. Also, the Yucca
Mountain project was not funded by Congress in FY2011 and FY2012,
and not included in the Administration's budget request for FY2013.
Even if the planned repository had been completed, the quantity of
SNF and other high-level waste in storage awaiting final disposal
now exceeds the legal limit for the first repository under the
Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA). The expected rate of shipment of
SNF to the repository would require decades to remove existing SNF
from interim storage. Accordingly, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) and reactor operators are considering extended SNF
storage lasting for more than 100 years. The debate about SNF
typically involves where and how it is stored, as well as what
strategies and institutions should govern SNF storage. The
earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and resulting damage to the
Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, caused some in Congress and
NRC to consider the adequacy of protective measures at U.S.
reactors. The NRC Near-Term Task Force on the disaster concluded it
has "not identified any issues that undermine our confidence in the
continued safety and emergency planning of U.S. plants."
Nonetheless, NRC has accepted a number of staff recommendations on
near-term safety enhancement, including requirements affecting
spent fuel storage and prevention and coping with station blackout.
NRC is not requiring accelerated transfer of SNF from wet pools to
dry casks, but the SNF storage data from the last several years
indicate that accelerated transfer has already been occurring. This
report focuses on the current situation with spent nuclear fuel
storage in the United States. It does not address all of the issues
associated with permanent disposal of SNF, but rather focuses on
the SNF storage situation, primarily at current and former reactor
facilities for the potentially foreseeable future.
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