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Global nuclear energy partnership / Alan N. Bernstein, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Novinka (Series)
- Novinka
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Department of Energy--Rules and practice.
- United States.
- Reactor fuel reprocessing--Waste disposal--United States.
- Reactor fuel reprocessing.
- Radioactive waste disposal--United States.
- Radioactive waste disposal.
- Spent reactor fuels--Storage--United States.
- Spent reactor fuels.
- Radioactive waste repositories--United States.
- Radioactive waste repositories.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (61 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Department of Energy (DOE) proposes under the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) to build facilities to begin recycling the nation's commercial spent nuclear fuel. GNEP's objectives include reducing radioactive waste disposed of in a geologic repository and mitigating the nuclear proliferation risks of existing recycling technologies.
- Contents:
- Intro
- GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGYPARTNERSHIP
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- RESULTS IN BRIEF
- BACKGROUND
- Materials in Spent Nuclear Fuel
- Technologies for Recycling Spent Nuclear Fuel
- DOE'S ORIGINAL ENGINEERING-SCALEAPPROACH WOULD MEET GNEP'SOBJECTIVES IF ADVANCED RECYCLINGTECHNOLOGIES ARE SUCCESSFULLYDEVELOPED
- Successful Development of Advanced RecyclingTechnologies Would Be an Initial Step toward GreatlyExtending the Capacity of a Geologic Repository
- Advanced Recycling Technologies Envisioned underDOE's Original Approach to GNEP Pose LowerProliferation Risks Than Existing Recycling Technologies
- Lack of Industry Participation Could Reduce theProspects for Commercialization and Widespread Use ofAdvanced Recycling Technologies
- DOE's Original Approach to GNEP Included Building aSeparate Engineering-Scale Reprocessing Plant beforeConducting R&
- D that Would Help in Designing the Plant
- The R&
- D Facility and Advanced Reactor Would EnableDOE to Develop the Advanced Recycling TechnologiesEnvisioned under Its Original Approach to GNEP
- DOE'S ACCELERATED APPROACH WOULDLIKELY RELY ON TECHNOLOGIES THAT FALLSHORT OF MEETING GNEP'S OBJECTIVES
- Two Other Industry Consortia Proposed to AddressGNEP's Objectives by Using Technologies That Are NotMature Enough for Commercial Deployment
- The Government Would Likely Bear Substantial Costsfor Commercial-Scale Recycling Facilities
- DOE Officials Recognize the Limitations of AcceleratingDeployment of Commercial-Scale Facilities but CiteOther Benefits
- CONCLUSIONS
- RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVEACTION
- AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION
- List of Committees
- APPENDIX I.SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY
- APPENDIX II.DOE'S USE OF TECHNOLOGY READINESSLEVELS TO ASSESS THE MATURITY OF SPENTFUEL RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES
- INDEX.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61324-956-X
- OCLC:
- 776163457
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