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Regulating the Rest of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Michael Weber, DirectorOffice of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
NARUC Staff Subcommittee on Nuclear Issues
17 February 2008
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Overview
• Nuclear Fuel Cycle
• Fuel Fabrication – Growing
• Spent Fuel Storage - Growing
• Repository Program - Waiting
• Summary
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Nuclear Growth*
Current
One Wedge
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
GW
ins
talle
d n
uc
lea
r c
ap
ac
ity
*The Keystone Center Joint Fact Finding on Nuclear Power, 2007
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Global Fuel Cycle Requirements*
• 11-22 large enrichment plants
• 18 fuel fabrication plants
• 10 nuclear waste repositories the size of the statutory capacity of Yucca Mountain—713,000 tons of spent fuel
• How many in the U.S.?
*Per Wedge
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Enrichment - Growing
LES – New Mexico USEC – Ohio
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Enrichment – Growing (cont’d)
GE – SILEX AREVA – ETC
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Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility
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Spent Fuel Storage - Growing
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
Year
Nu
mb
er
of F
aci
litie
s General Licensees
Site-Specific Licensees
Total No. of ISFSIs
10
Yucca Mountain
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Recycling/Reprocessing
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