U.S. regulatory perspectives on the back end of the fuel cycle: EUROSAFE 2013 proceeding |
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| Affiliation: | 1. GRS mbH, Boltzmannstrasse 14, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany;2. IRSN, 31, avenue de la Division Leclerc, 92260 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France;1. GRS gGmbH, Kurfürstendamm 200, 10719 Berlin, Germany;2. GRS gGmbH, Schwertnergasse 1, 50667 Köln, Germany;1. Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) mbH, Schwertnergasse 1, D-50667 Cologne, Germany;2. Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) mbH, Forschungszentrum, D-85748 Garching, Germany;1. North China Electric Power University, Nuclear Thermal Safety and Standardization Research Institute, Beijing 102206, China;2. Institute of Nuclear Thermal-hydraulic Safety and Standardization, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China;3. Beijing Key Laboratory of Passive Safety Technology for Nuclear Energy, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China |
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| Abstract: | For the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the reactor licensees it regulates, there are a number of contemporary issues associated with the back end of the fuel cycle including, the agency's revision to its “Waste Confidence” decision and the path-forward for high-level waste disposal. Additionally, the 2012 Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future recommendations, the future of reprocessing, consolidated interim spent fuel storage, and maintaining technical competence within the NRC in challenging budgetary conditions are addressed. I conclude that there is confidence in the feasibility of safe storage of spent nuclear fuel following the licensed operational life of a reactor and any change in high-level waste policy will require Congressional action to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act. |
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| Keywords: | Waste confidence High-level waste disposal 2012 Blue Ribbon Commission on America's nuclear future Storage of spent nuclear fuel |
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