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1.Frequently Asked Questions: Yucca Mountain and Used Nuclear Fuel Management
Congress and the president in 2002 approved Yucca Mountain, Nev., as the site of the nation’s repository for used nuclear fuel and high-level defense waste. The industry concurs with the sound scientific conclusion that the proposed repository will protect public health and safety and supports its development.
January 7, 2009
2.Safely Managing Used Nuclear Fuel
This fact sheet details how used fuel is stored safely at nuclear power plant sites.
January 30, 2009
3.Yucca Mountain Licensing Process to Provide Rigorous, Fair Safety Determination
This fact sheet details the federal licensing process the U.S. Department of Energy must pursue to use Yucca Mountain, Nev., as a permanent used fuel repository.
January 30, 2009
4.Status of Used Nuclear Fuel Storage at U.S. Commercial Nuclear Plants
This list details the year in which commercial nuclear plants in the United States run out of on-site storage space in the pools that hold used fuel assemblies after they are removed from the reactor.
February 27, 2009
5.Experience, Testing Confirm Transportation of Used Nuclear Fuel Is Safe, Reliable
The nuclear energy industry has completed more than 3,000 shipments of used nuclear fuel over the past 40 years with no injuries, fatalities or environmental damage as a result of the radioactive nature of the cargo, according to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
February 27, 2009
6.Used Fuel Secure at Nuclear Power Plants, Could Not Be Used to Make a 'Dirty Bomb'
This fact sheet details how it is virtually impossible for terrorists to access a nuclear power plant’s used fuel and explains that the possibility of utilizing used nuclear fuel for a “dirty bomb” is fraught with practical and logistical obstacles that would render such a scenario essentially impossible.
June 8, 2009