The US Department of Energy has restarted the process to find interim storage sites for the nation’s spent nuclear fuel, more than a decade after plans for a final repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada were ultimately rejected for being unworkable.
The DOE said it had issued a request for information on a consent-based siting process that would be used to identify sites for the interim storage of spent nuclear fuel from the US fleet of 93 commercial nuclear power plants.
One of the questions the DOE wants to address is how the development of interim storage facilities should relate to progress on establishing a permanent repository.
The DOE said it had issued a request for information on a consent-based siting process that would be used to identify sites for the interim storage of spent nuclear fuel from the US fleet of 93 commercial nuclear power plants.
One of the questions the DOE wants to address is how the development of interim storage facilities should relate to progress on establishing a permanent repository.
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