Nuclear Energy: Supply Chain Deep Dive Assessment

Technical Report · Thu Feb 24 04:00:00 EST 2022

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1871579· OSTI ID:1871579

Finan, Ashley ^[1]; Foss, Andrew ^[2]; Goff, Michael ^[3]; King, Christine ^[4]; Lohse, Christopher ^[4]

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1. National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
2. Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
3. USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), Washington, DC (United States)
4. Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN), Idaho, Falls, ID (United States)

The report “America’s Strategy to Secure the Supply Chain for a Robust Clean Energy Transition” lays out the challenges and opportunities faced by the United States in the energy supply chain as well as the federal government plans to address these challenges and opportunities. It is accompanied by several issue-specific deep dive assessments, including this one, in response to Executive Order 14017 “America’s Supply Chains,” which directs the Secretary of Energy to submit a report on supply chains for the energy sector industrial base. The Executive Order is helping the federal government to build more secure and diverse U.S. supply chains, including energy supply chains. This report responds to Executive Order 14017 by describing the current and potential future roles for nuclear energy in the United States and abroad, the various segments of the nuclear energy supply chain, and the main risks facing the sector. Some issues, such as uranium imports, relate both to existing nuclear reactors and advanced reactors under development, while other issues, such as production of high-assay low-enriched uranium, relate primarily to plans for advanced reactors.

• Research Organization: USDOE Office of Policy (PO), Washington DC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Policy (PO); USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE); USDOE Office of Secretary of Energy (S)
• OSTI ID: 1871579
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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