Project on Managing the Atom, Harvard University and University of Tokyo
June 2001
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James R. Schlesinger Professor of the Practice of Energy, National Security, and Foreign Policy
Abstract
The management of spent fuel
from nuclear power
plants has become a major policy issue for virtually every
nuclear power program in the world. For the nuclear indus-
try, finding sufficient capacity for storage and processing or
disposal of spent fuel is essential if nuclear power plants are
to be allowed to continue to operate. At the same time, the
options chosen for spent fuel management can have a sub-
stantial impact on the political controversies, proliferation
risks, environmental hazards, and economic costs of the
nuclear fuel cycle.
Citation
Bunn, Matthew, John P. Holdren, Allison Macfarlane, Susan E. Pickett, Atsuyuki Suzuki, Tatsujiro Suzuki, and Jennifer Weeks. "Interim Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel." Project on Managing the Atom, Harvard University and University of Tokyo, June 2001.