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An integrated used fuel management program includes key deliverables phased in during the short-, medium- and long-terms.

Short-term goals include:

• Continuing NRC endorsement of waste confidence and developing a standard contract with DOE that covers used fuel management for new plants.
• Developing a research and development program for advanced fuel recycling technologies that includes government partnerships with industry.
• Identifying and developing volunteer sites for interim storage and advanced fuel-cycle facilities.
• Starting the repository licensing process, including DOE’s submittal of the Yucca Mountain construction application to the NRC.

Medium-term goals include:

• Moving used fuel to interim storage sites, ideally at advanced fuel-cycle development sites.
• Continuing research, development and demonstration of advanced fuel recycling and fuel fabrication technologies to make them more cost-effective and efficient and to maximize uranium recycling.
• Repository licensing.

Long-term goals include:

• Commercial advanced fuel recycling.
• Operating the repository.
  

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