The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has determined that a federal consolidated interim storage facility is needed to help manage the nation’s commercial spent nuclear fuel.
The location of the facility would be determined through the DOE consent-based siting process that puts communities’ interests at the forefront.
The project would ultimately reduce the number of locations where commercial spent nuclear fuel is stored and begin to ease the financial liability for U.S. taxpayers.
The project would cover the removal of commercial spent nuclear fuel from nuclear power plant sites where it’s currently stored, transporting it, and temporarily storing the fuel at a centralized location.
The facility would be licensed by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and initially built to store around 15,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel, with options to expand-taking a big step forward in fulfilling the Department’s responsibility to take ownership of the fuel.
Construction and operation of a federal interim storage facility will require that the Nuclear Waste Policy Act be amended to allow those phases of the project to move forward.
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