Yucca Mountain and the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership

Conference · Sun Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 2007

OSTI ID:21294702

Kim, D ^[1]; Cotton, A T ^[2]

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1. Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
2. JK Research Associates, Inc./, Bechtel SAIC Co., LLC, Washington, DC (United States)

Renewed U.S. interest in advanced nuclear fuel cycles involving reprocessing and recycling, embodied in the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) initiative, has raised questions about the role of a Yucca Mountain repository - what it will be used for, and when. While the repository is widely recognized as a key part of U.S. waste management strategy, the potential for advanced fuel cycles to improve the capacity and performance of a repository have led some to question whether its development can be deferred pending resolution of questions about the fuel cycle and the fate of commercial spent nuclear fuel (CSNF). This paper discusses the rationale for the Department of Energy's (DOE's) goal of completing the proposed Yucca Mountain repository by 2017 in parallel with pursuit of its goals for GNEP, as well as issues posed for the repository program by deployment of the initial facilities of an advanced fuel cycle. (authors)

• Research Organization: WM Symposia, 1628 E. Southern Avenue, Suite 9 - 332, Tempe, AZ 85282 (United States)
• OSTI ID: 21294702
• Report Number(s): INIS-US--09-WM-07336
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
CAPACITY
FUEL CYCLE
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RECYCLING
REPROCESSING
SPENT FUELS
YUCCA MOUNTAIN