Fuel cycle to nowhere : U.S. law and policy on nuclear waste / Richard Burleson Stewart and Jane Bloom Stewart.
2011
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Title
Fuel cycle to nowhere : U.S. law and policy on nuclear waste / Richard Burleson Stewart and Jane Bloom Stewart.
Published
Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2011.
Call Number
KF3946 .S745 2011
ISBN
9780826517746 (cloth edition : alk. paper)
0826517749 (cloth edition : alk. paper)
0826517749 (cloth edition : alk. paper)
Description
xvi, 427 pages : maps ; 26 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)699009906
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-412) and index.
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Table of Contents
Acronyms and Abbreviations
xi
Acknowledgments
xv
Introduction
1
1.
The Evolution of U.S. Nuclear Waste Law and Policy
15
Nuclear Weapons Buildup and the Rise of Nuclear Power, 1946-1970
17
The Rise of the Environmental Movement and the End of Reprocessing
30
Federal Nuclear Waste Disposal Initiatives and Legislation
56
Yucca Abandoned: Repository Limbo, Orphan Waste Challenges
73
2.
Radioactive Waste Classification and Regulation
84
Nuclear Wastes and Their Regulatory Classification
85
Nuclear Waste Regulatory Classification and Requirements
95
HLW Reclassification Initiatives
102
Mixed Waste
111
Toward a More Risk-Based System of Radioactive Waste Classification and Regulation
113
Conclusion
122
3.
Nuclear Waste Transport
123
The Evolution of Nuclear Waste Transport Regulation
124
The Current Nuclear Waste Transport Regulatory Structure
129
Experience with Nuclear Waste Transport
133
Transportation of TRU for Disposal at WIPP
135
Transportation of SNF and HLW to Yucca Mountain
140
Assessing the Nuclear Waste Transportation Regime
142
Conclusion
143
4.
Low-Level Waste Disposal
145
Early Developments
146
The 1980 Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act
147
The 1985 Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act Amendments
149
The Current LLW Disposal Situation
154
Options for Addressing LLW Disposal Problems
157
Conclusion
160
5.
WIPP: The Rocky Road to Success
162
The Origins of WIPP
162
Restriction of WIPP to Defense TRU
163
New Mexico's Successful Efforts to Gain a Role in Decision Making Regarding WIPP
168
New Mexico: Federal Interactions and Resolution of Conflicts, 1980-1992
171
Controversy over Land Withdrawal for WIPP, 1989-1992
175
Restoring WIPP's Credibility, 1992-1996
179
WIPP Moves into Full-Scale Operation as a TRU Repository
180
Conclusion
184
6.
Yucca Mountain: Blueprint for Failure
186
The 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act and Its Implementation by DOE
187
DOE's Implementation of the NWPA Siting Process
195
Crisis in the NWPA Siting Scheme
201
The 1987 Nuclear Waste Policy Act Amendments and Resistance to a Yucca Repository
207
Nevada's Legal Actions to Thwart a Repository at Yucca Mountain
210
The Battle for Public Opinion
214
Responses to Repository Delay
216
Twists and Turns in the Technical Debate over Yucca
217
Federal Designation of Yucca for a Repository, and Nevada's Continuing Resistance
222
DOE's Yucca License Application to NRC
225
Obama's Election as President: Political Victory for Nevada
226
Conclusion
230
7.
Options for Orphan Wastes
231
Continued SNF Storage at Reactors
232
Consolidated SNF Storage
235
Evaluating Interim Storage Options
239
SNF Reprocessing
242
Conclusion
253
8.
Nuclear Waste in the United States: Lessons Learned and Future Choices
254
Evolution of U.S. Nuclear Waste Policy: Recapitulation
254
Current Nuclear Waste Dilemmas and Options
258
Lessons Learned and Future Strategies for U.S. Nuclear Waste Policy
272
Appendix A
Operating U.S. Nuclear Power Units by Year
307
Appendix B
Uranium Oxide Spot Prices
309
Appendix C
The Hanford Waste Cleanup Agreement and Program
311
Notes
315
Bibliography
397
Index
413