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Spent fuel storage. Facts booklet

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5381815· OSTI ID:5381815
In October 1977, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced a spent nuclear fuel policy where the Government would, under certain conditions, take title to and store spent nuclear fuel from commercial power reactors. The policy is intended to provide spent fuel storage until final disposition is available. DOE has programs for providing safe, long-term disposal of nuclear waste. The spent fuel storage program is one element of waste management and compliments the disposal program. The costs for spent fuel services are to be fully recovered by the Government from the utilities. This will allow the utilities to confidently consider the costs for disposition of spent fuel in their rate structure. The United States would also store limited amounts of foreign spent fuel to meet nonproliferation objectives. This booklet summarizes information on many aspects of spent fuel storage.
Research Organization:
Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA).
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
OSTI ID:
5381815
Report Number(s):
DOE/NE--0005
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English