Nuclear Waste Policy and the Future of Used Reactor Fuel

A briefing and discussion

Monday, November 16, 2009
11:00 am – 11:50 am
Dirksen Senate Building Room G11
Washington, D.C.

Ongoing challenges with managing high-level radioactive waste from U.S. nuclear power reactors impact energy, environmental, climate, security, and financial policy planning.

The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 calls for deep burial of spent nuclear fuel, but road-blocks to licensing Yucca Mountain or another geologic repository mean spent fuel will likely remain stored at operating or decommissioned reactor sites dispersed throughout a majority of U.S. states well into the future.

Drawing on broad-based input from nuclear engineering expertise around the country, this session will examine possible legislative and regulatory changes that could make the current practice of on-site nuclear fuel storage financially viable and safe.

Featured Expert

Dr. Clifford Singer

Professor of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering
University of Illinois
and contributor to a recent report, ‘Plan D’ for Spent Nuclear Fuel

Organizers

Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security (ACDIS), University of Illinois
Institute of Government and Public Affairs (IGPA), University of Illinois

with funding from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

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For questions or to RSVP please call 312-996-1727 or email: igpa@uillinois.edu

Related Links

Report: 'Plan D' for Spent Nuclear Fuel

Speaker bio: Clifford E. Singer

Download one-page flyer for this event

News article: Nuclear Waste Discussion Moves to Plan D

News article: Midwest Experts Agree on Recommendations for Nuclear Waste Storage

Radio interview with Clifford Singer about nuclear waste policy