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Costs of Reprocessing versus Directly Disposing of Spent Nuclear Fuel.

ADA474379

Publication Date	2007
Personal Author	Orszag, P. R.
Page Count	14
Abstract	This testimony presents the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO's) analysis of the costs of two alternatives for the use and disposal of nuclear fuel. For the past 50 years, the nuclear waste produced at reactors across the United States has largely been stored at the reactor sites. That practice, however, has been deemed untenable for the long run. CBO's analysis compares the cost of two fuel-cycle alternatives for the current generation of thermal reactors. One alternative is the 'direct disposal' approach stipulated by current law, which involves using nuclear fuel once, cooling it on site at the reactor, and then disposing of the waste in a long-term repository. The second alternative is the 'reprocessing approach,' in which spent nuclear fuel is cooled on site and then reprocessed for one additional use in a reactor, and the wastes from reprocessing are stored in a long-term repository.
Keywords	Cost analysis Waste disposal Radioactive wastes Reactor fuels Thermal reactors Reactor fuel processing Congress Storage Federal budgets Legislation United states Long range(Time) Cooling Policies Nuclear fuel disposal Nuclear fuel use Nuclear waste disposal Direct disposal approach Long-term repositories Spent nuclear fuel Cost differences
Source Agency	Non Paid ADAS
Corporate Authors	Congressional Budget Office, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Testimony before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Congressional testimony.
NTIS Issue Number	200806

Costs of Reprocessing versus Directly Disposing of Spent Nuclear Fuel.

Costs of Reprocessing versus Directly Disposing of Spent Nuclear Fuel.
ADA474379

Publication Date	2007
Personal Author	Orszag, P. R.
Page Count	14
Abstract	This testimony presents the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO's) analysis of the costs of two alternatives for the use and disposal of nuclear fuel. For the past 50 years, the nuclear waste produced at reactors across the United States has largely been stored at the reactor sites. That practice, however, has been deemed untenable for the long run. CBO's analysis compares the cost of two fuel-cycle alternatives for the current generation of thermal reactors. One alternative is the 'direct disposal' approach stipulated by current law, which involves using nuclear fuel once, cooling it on site at the reactor, and then disposing of the waste in a long-term repository. The second alternative is the 'reprocessing approach,' in which spent nuclear fuel is cooled on site and then reprocessed for one additional use in a reactor, and the wastes from reprocessing are stored in a long-term repository.
Keywords	Cost analysis Waste disposal Radioactive wastes Reactor fuels Thermal reactors Reactor fuel processing Congress Storage Federal budgets Legislation United states Long range(Time) Cooling Policies Nuclear fuel disposal Nuclear fuel use Nuclear waste disposal Direct disposal approach Long-term repositories Spent nuclear fuel Cost differences
Source Agency	Non Paid ADAS
Corporate Authors	Congressional Budget Office, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Testimony before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Congressional testimony.
NTIS Issue Number	200806